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Causal Relationships Among Three Health-Related Dimensions

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The World Health Organization (WHO ) has defined health as “A state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity” (WHO 1948). These three components of health are commonly embraced worldwide.

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Acknowledgements

We would like to express special gratitude to all the participants of Tama City. The study was funded by the grant of Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (H10-Health-042), and the Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) from Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (No. 1531012 and 14350327). We also thank for the financial support from the Mitsubishi Foundation (2009–21).

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Yuasa, M. (2018). Causal Relationships Among Three Health-Related Dimensions. In: Hoshi, T., Kodama, S. (eds) The Structure of Healthy Life Determinants. International Perspectives on Aging, vol 18. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-6629-0_10

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