From selection effects to reciprocal processes: what does attention to the life course offer?

Advances in Life Course Research

Volumn 13, Issue , 2008, Pages 75-104

  McLeod, Jane D ^a   Pavalko, Eliza K ^a  

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EID: 68949083798     PISSN: 15694909     EISSN: 18796974     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1040-2608(08)00004-X     Document Type: Review

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