Integrating varieties of life course concepts

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 67 B, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 206-220

  Alwin, Duane F ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age status; Age stratification; Aging; Cohorts; Human development; Life course; Life cycle; Life histories; Life span; Life stages

Indexed keywords

AGING; HUMAN; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; LIFE EVENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REVIEW;

AGING; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY;

EID: 84859174809     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbr146     Document Type: Review

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