Chronic pain and intimacy in the relationships of older adults

Generations

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 65-69

  Roberto, Karen A ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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