Elderly Persons Living Alone: the Effect of Community Context on Living Arrangements
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Living Arrangements of Older Persons
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Gerontology
سال: 1989
ISSN: 0022-1422
DOI: 10.1093/geronj/44.2.s54