Linking the two ends of life: What gerontology can learn from childhood studies

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2005, Pages

  Settersten Jr , Richard A ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD; CULTURAL FACTOR; FAMILY; GERIATRIC CARE; HUMAN; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSIBILITY; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL LIFE; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 21244463516     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/60.4.S173     Document Type: Article

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