Religion and age

The SAGE Handbook of Social Gerontology

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 164-176

  Coleman, Peter G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.4135/9781446200933.n12     Document Type: Chapter

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