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The multidimensionality of social health

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 November 2024

Ella Razital Cohn-Schwartz*
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Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Community Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University, Beer-Sheva, Israel
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© The Author(s), 2024. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of International Psychogeriatric Association

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