Rural and urban perspectives on growing old: Developing a new research agenda

European Journal of Ageing

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 67-75

  Phillipson, Chris ^a   Scharf, Thomas ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

City life; Globalisation; Rural gerontology; Urban studies

Indexed keywords

EID: 23144446388     PISSN: 16139372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10433-005-0024-7     Document Type: Review

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