Health Disparities, Social Class, and Aging

Handbook of the Psychology of Aging

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 207-218

  Whitfield, Keith E ^a   Thorpe, Roland ^b   Szanton, Sarah ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-380882-0.00013-9     Document Type: Chapter

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