Age, experience, and the beginning of wisdom

The SAGE Handbook of Social Gerontology

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 306-316

  Ardelt, Monika ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4135/9781446200933.n23     Document Type: Chapter

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