Physiological aging around the World

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Physiological aging around the World. / Dalgaard, Carl-Johan Lars; Hansen, Casper Worm; Strulik, Holger.

In: PLoS ONE, Vol. 17, No. 6, e0268276, 06.2022.

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Dalgaard, C-JL, Hansen, CW & Strulik, H 2022, 'Physiological aging around the World', PLoS ONE, vol. 17, no. 6, e0268276. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0268276

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Dalgaard, C-J. L., Hansen, C. W., & Strulik, H. (2022). Physiological aging around the World. PLoS ONE, 17(6), [ e0268276]. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0268276

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Dalgaard C-JL, Hansen CW, Strulik H. Physiological aging around the World. PLoS ONE. 2022 Jun;17(6). e0268276. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0268276

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Dalgaard, Carl-Johan Lars ; Hansen, Casper Worm ; Strulik, Holger. / Physiological aging around the World. In: PLoS ONE. 2022 ; Vol. 17, No. 6.

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