Experienced discrimination amongst European old citizens

European Journal of Ageing

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 291-299

  van den Heuvel, Wim J A ^a   van Santvoort, Marc M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Ageism; Discrimination; Europe; Life satisfaction; Socio cultural context; Trust in people

Indexed keywords

EID: 82255175207     PISSN: 16139372     EISSN: 16139380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10433-011-0206-4     Document Type: Article

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