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The changing elderly population: aspects of diversity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 November 2008

Anthony M Warnes*
Affiliation:
Department of Geography and Age Concern Institute of Gerontology, King's College, University of London
*
Anthony M Warnes, Reader and Head of Department of Geography, King's College, University of London, London WC2R 2LS, UK.

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Type
Social and psychological gerontology
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1991

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