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Recent trends in retirement

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 November 2008

John C Henretta
John C Henretta*
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University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA
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John C Henretta, Department of Sociology, 3115 Turlington Hall, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA.
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Social and psychological gerontology
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Reviews in Clinical Gerontology , Volume 4 , Issue 1 , February 1994 , pp. 71 - 81
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1994

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