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Importance of social functioning for older adults in the communities, the facilities, the clinics, and in the future

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 November 2024

Asuna Arai*
Affiliation:
Department of Hygiene, Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
Takashi Ozaki
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
Yuriko Katsumata
Affiliation:
Department of Biostatistics, College of Public Health, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA Sanders-Brown Center on Aging, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA
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