Is age kinder to females than to males?

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 56-70

  Meinz, Elizabeth J ^a   Salthouse, Timothy A ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 0001888961     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03209457     Document Type: Article

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