Types and patterns of later-life migration

Geografiska Annaler, Series B: Human Geography

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 129-147

  Walters, William H ^a  

^a ST LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0001564665     PISSN: 04353684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0467.00079     Document Type: Article

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