Minding the gap: The construction of old age and oldness amongst peers

Journal of Aging Studies

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 69-80

  Degnen, Cathrine ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cultural construction of ageing; Intragenerational relations; Monitoring; Self

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845238960     PISSN: 08904065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaging.2006.02.001     Document Type: Article

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