Aging in comparative perspective: Processes and policies

Aging in Comparative Perspective: Processes and Policies

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 1-94

  Cook, Ian Gillespie ^a   Halsall, Jamie ^b  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-1978-5     Document Type: Book

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