Social exclusion of older people in deprived urban communities of England

European Journal of Ageing

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 76-87

  Scharf, Thomas ^a   Phillipson, Chris ^a   Smith, Allison E ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deprived urban communities; England; Gerontology; Older people; Social exclusion

Indexed keywords

EID: 23144438354     PISSN: 16139372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10433-005-0025-6     Document Type: Article

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