Aging and social intervention: Life course perspectives

Handbook of Aging and the Social Sciences

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 337-351

  Berkman, Lisa F ^a   Ertel, Karen A ^a   Glymour, Maria M ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

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EID: 84859190928     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-380880-6.00024-1     Document Type: Chapter

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