The health and social needs of recently widowed older women in Australia

Australasian Journal on Ageing

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 135-140

  feldman, Susan ^a   Byles, Julie ^b   Mishra, Gita ^b   Powers, Jenny ^b  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

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EID: 0348131604     PISSN: 14406381     EISSN: 17416612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-6612.2002.tb00434.x     Document Type: Article

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