Plasticity in old age: Micro- and macroperspectives on social contexts

New Dynamics in Old Age: Individual, Environmental and Societal Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 361-381

  Eva Marie, Eva Marie ^a   Staudinger, Ursula M ^a  

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