Stress and agentic ageing: A targeted adaptation model focused on cancer

The SAGE Handbook of Social Gerontology

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 280-293

  Kahana, Eva ^a   Kahana, Boaz ^b  

^a Elderly Care Research Center   (United States)

^b NONE

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DOI: 10.4135/9781446200933.n21     Document Type: Chapter

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