Global Aging: The challenge of success

Population Bulletin

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 3-40

  Kinsella, Kevin ^a   Phillips, David R ^b  

^a IPC   (United States)

^b LINGNAN UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

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Indexed keywords

AGING POPULATION;

EID: 17744370089     PISSN: 0032468X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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