Technological change and aging

Handbook of Aging and the Social Sciences

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 257-276

  Cutler, Stephen J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

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EID: 84882544268     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-012088388-2/50018-3     Document Type: Chapter

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