Hearing and vision impairment and the social: Networks of older Australians

Australasian Journal on Ageing

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 20-25

  Lind, Christopher ^a   Hickson, Louise ^a,b   Worrall, Linda ^b   Lovie Kitchin, Jan ^c   Yiu, Edwin ^b   Barnett, Heather ^b  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

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EID: 3042551321     PISSN: 14406381     EISSN: 17416612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-6612.2003.tb00458.x     Document Type: Article

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