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Sexuality in later life

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 November 2008

John M Kellett
John M Kellett*
Affiliation:
St George's Hospital Medical School, University of London, UK
*
John M Kellett, St George's Hospital Medical School, Level 01, Jenner Wing G2, Cranmer Terrace, Tooting, London SW17 0RE, UK.
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Social and psychological gerontology
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Reviews in Clinical Gerontology , Volume 3 , Issue 3 , August 1993 , pp. 309 - 314
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1993

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