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Population aging in Japan

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 November 2008

Shigemi Kono*
Affiliation:
Reitaku University, Chiba, Japan
*
Reitaku University, 2-1-1 Hikarigaoka, Kashiwa-shi, Chiba-ken, 277, Japan.

Abstract

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Type
Social and psychological gerontology
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1996

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