Population aging and immediate family composition: Implications for future home care services

Genus

Volumn 63, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 11-31

  Carrière, Yves ^a   Keefe, Janice ^b   Légaré, Jacques ^a   Lin, Xiaofen ^c   Rowe, Geoff ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b MOUNT SAINT VINCENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c STATISTICS CANADA   (Canada)

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EID: 36549084665     PISSN: 00166987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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