Isolated Elderly in the U.S. Great plains. The roles of environment and demography in creating a vulnerable population

Annales de Demographie Historique

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 81-108

  Leonard, Susan Hautaniemi ^a   Gutmann, Myron P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 35348965417     PISSN: 00662062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3917/adh.110.0081     Document Type: Article

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