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Studies of Ageing in Africa

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 November 2008

Margaret Peil
Margaret Peil
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Centre of West African Studies, Birmingham University
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Ageing & Society , Volume 7 , Issue 4 , December 1987 , pp. 459 - 466
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1987

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