Using age, cohort, and period to study elderly volunteerism

Educational Gerontology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 313-334

  Rosenberg, Ed ^a   Letrero, Irene L ^a  

^a APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33645148490     PISSN: 03601277     EISSN: 15210472     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03601270600564088     Document Type: Review

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