How society shapes aging: The centrality of variability

Daedalus

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 105-114

  Berkman, Lisa F ^a,b   Glymour, M Maria ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Department of Society Human Development and Health and Epidemiology ^*

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EID: 33645783433     PISSN: 00115266     EISSN: 15486192     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/001152606775321103     Document Type: Review

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