Epidemiology of ageing

The SAGE Handbook of Social Gerontology

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 75-95

  Alley, Dawn ^a   Crimmins, Eileen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4135/9781446200933.n6     Document Type: Chapter

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