Case study as a research method to study life histories of elderly people: Some ideas and a case study of a case study

Journal of Aging Studies

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 281-294

  Sokolovsky, Matvey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

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EID: 0030525083     PISSN: 08904065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0890-4065(96)90002-X     Document Type: Article

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