Aunts, uncles-nieces, nephews: Kinship relations over the lifespan

Educational Gerontology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 75-83

  Langer, Nieli ^a   Ribarich, Marie ^a  

^a The College of New Rochelle   (United States)

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EID: 33845420025     PISSN: 03601277     EISSN: 15210472     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03601270600894279     Document Type: Article

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