Mental Health and Aging: A Life-Course Perspective

Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 477-493

  Mechanic, David ^a   McAlpine, Donna D ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Autism Spectrum Disorder; Mental Health Problem; Mental Illness; Stressful Life Event

Indexed keywords

EID: 85125942462     PISSN: 13896903     EISSN: 2542839X     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-7374-0_30     Document Type: Chapter

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