Networks, neighborhoods, and institutions: An integrated "activity space" approach for research on aging

New Directions in the Sociology of Aging

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 151-174

  Cagney, Kathleen A ^a   Browning, Christopher R ^a   Jackson, Aubrey L ^a   Soller, Brian ^a  

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EID: 84988452311     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.17226/18508     Document Type: Chapter

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