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A High Sense of Coherence as Protection Against Adverse Health Outcomes in Patients Aged 80 Years and Older

Pauline Boeckxstaens, Bert Vaes, An De Sutter, Isabelle Aujoulat, Gijs van Pottelbergh, Catharina Matheï and Jean-Marie Degryse
The Annals of Family Medicine July 2016, 14 (4) 337-343; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.1950
Pauline Boeckxstaens
1Department of Family Medicine and Primary Health Care, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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Bert Vaes
2Institut de Recherche Santé et Société, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium
3Department of Public Health and Primary care, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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An De Sutter
1Department of Family Medicine and Primary Health Care, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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Isabelle Aujoulat
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Gijs van Pottelbergh
2Institut de Recherche Santé et Société, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium
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Catharina Matheï
2Institut de Recherche Santé et Société, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium
3Department of Public Health and Primary care, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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Jean-Marie Degryse
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3Department of Public Health and Primary care, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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Pauline Boeckxstaens, Bert Vaes, An De Sutter, Isabelle Aujoulat, Gijs van Pottelbergh, Catharina Matheï, Jean-Marie Degryse
The Annals of Family Medicine Jul 2016, 14 (4) 337-343; DOI: 10.1370/afm.1950

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