Aging, disablement, and dying: Using time-as-process and time-as-resources metrics to chart late-life change

Research in Human Development

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 27-44

  Ram, Nilam ^a   Gerstorf, Denis ^a   Fauth, Elizabeth ^b   Zarit, Steven ^a   Malmberg, Bo ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JÖNKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 77957285169     PISSN: 15427609     EISSN: 15427617     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15427600903578151     Document Type: Article

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