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John Harvey, David L. Miles, William A. Rushing, The Relation Between Social Class and Functional Status: A New Look at the Drift Hypothesis, Journal of Health and Social Behavior, Vol. 17, No. 3 (Sep., 1976), pp. 194-204
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