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Studying the Elderly Cross-Culturally

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 November 2008

Rex Taylor
Rex Taylor
Affiliation:
MRC Medical Sociology Unit, University of Glasgow
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Ageing & Society , Volume 5 , Issue 2 , June 1985 , pp. 207 - 222
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1985

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