The study of the life course: Implications for social gerontology

The SAGE Handbook of Social Gerontology

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 3-19

  Dannefer, Dale ^a   Settersten, Richard A ^b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4135/9781446200933.n1     Document Type: Chapter

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