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Sociological aspects of health, dependency and disability

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 November 2008

Kerry Caldock  and
G Clare Wenger
Kerry Caldock*
Affiliation:
Centre for Social Policy Research and Development, University of Wales, Bangor, UK
G Clare Wenger
Affiliation:
Centre for Social Policy Research and Development, University of Wales, Bangor, UK
*
Kerry Cladock, Centre for Social Policy Research and Development, University of Wales, Bangor, Gwynedd LL57 2DG, UK.
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Social and psychological gerontology
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Reviews in Clinical Gerontology , Volume 3 , Issue 1 , February 1993 , pp. 85 - 96
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1993

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