The challenges of age research

Age and Ageing

Volumn 26, Issue SUPPL. 4, 1997, Pages 43-46

  Evans, John Grimley ^a   Bond, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; CONFERENCE PAPER; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOLOGY;

EID: 2642678439     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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