The differential importance of personal and environmental resources to older Canadians

Canadian Review of Sociology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 371-392

  Low, Gail ^a   Keating, Norah ^a   Gao, Zhiwei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

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EID: 77954707661     PISSN: 17556171     EISSN: 1755618X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-618X.2009.01219.x     Document Type: Review

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