The role of family for quality of life in old age: A comparative perspective

Global Aging and Challenges to Families

Volumn , Issue , 2018, Pages 327-354

  Motel Klingebiel, Andreas ^a   Tesch Roemer, Clemens ^b   von Kondratowitz, Hans Joachim ^b  

^a GERMAN CENTRE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

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