Extending the interrogation: Life span, life course, and the constitution of human aging

Advances in Life Course Research

Volumn 14, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 15-27

  Dannefer, Dale ^a   Daub, Antje ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agency; Functionalism; Life course; Life span; Linked lives; Neoteny

Indexed keywords

EID: 66349129292     PISSN: 15694909     EISSN: 18796974     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.alcr.2009.05.001     Document Type: Article

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