Historical perspectives of middle age within the life span

Middle Adulthood: A Lifespan Perspective

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 3-34

  Wahl, Hans Werner ^a   Kruse, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

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DOI: 10.4135/9781452225999.n1     Document Type: Chapter

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