Disability, functioning, and aging

Handbook of Aging and the Social Sciences

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 57-71

  Freedman, Vicki A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 84881365866     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-380880-6.00005-8     Document Type: Chapter

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