Sources of personal meaning in life for a sample of younger and older urban Australian women

Journal of Women and Aging

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 47-65

  Prager, Edward ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

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EID: 0347510887     PISSN: 08952841     EISSN: 15407322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J074v09n03_04     Document Type: Article

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