Long-term disadvantage among elderly women: The effects of work history

Social Service Review

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 423-452

  McNamara, Justine M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

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EID: 34548685880     PISSN: 00377961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/520562     Document Type: Review

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