Authors
Mai Stafford
Anne Kouvonen
JA. Swift
T. Cox
J. Vahtera
A Väänänen
Suggested citation
Cox, T et al. (2012). 'Social participation and maintaining recommended waist circumference: prospective evidence from the English Longitudinal Study of Aging.' (2012)
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