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Mining a Unique Canadian Resource: The Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 August 2015

Susan A. Kirkland*
Affiliation:
Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, Dalhousie University Department of Medicine, Dalhousie University
Lauren E. Griffith
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University
Verena Menec
Affiliation:
Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba
Andrew Wister
Affiliation:
Department of Gerontology, Simon Fraser University
Hélène Payette
Affiliation:
Research Center on Aging, CIUSS de l’Estrie-CHUS Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Sherbrooke
Christina Wolfson
Affiliation:
Research Institute, McGill University Health Centre Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University
Parminder S. Raina
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University McMaster Institute of Geroscience
*
Correspondence and requests for offprints should be sent to: / La correspondance et les demandes de tirés-à-part doivent être adressées à : Susan Kirkland, Ph.D. Department of Community Health and Epidemiology Dalhousie University 5790 University Ave Halifax, NS B3H 1V7 Canada (Susan.kirkland@dal.ca)

Abstract

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Type
Canadian Institutes of Health Research–Institute of Aging: Profile/Instituts de recherche en santé du Canada–Institut du vieillissement : Profil
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Association on Gerontology 2015 

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