Life Span Development: Intervention Implications for Concepts of Aging
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Life span development: intervention implications for concepts of aging.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of School Health
سال: 1982
ISSN: 0022-4391,1746-1561
DOI: 10.1111/j.1746-1561.1982.tb04039.x