Flexible hips? On Alzheimer's disease and aging in Brazil

Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 213-232

  Leibing, Annette ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Alzheimer's disease; Brazil; Memory politics

Indexed keywords

EID: 3242656463     PISSN: 01693816     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021278405228     Document Type: Article

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