Cohort and Gender Differences in Psychosocial Adjustment to Later-Life Widowhood
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Cohort and Gender Differences in Psychosocial Adjustment to Later-Life Widowhood.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1079-5014,1758-5368
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbv004