The story continues: persistence of life themes in old age

Ageing and Society

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 389-419

  Coleman, Peter G ^a   Ivani Chalian, Christine ^a   Robinson, Maureen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING POPULATION; ELDERLY POPULATION; IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION;

EID: 0032448894     PISSN: 0144686X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0144686x98006989     Document Type: Article

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