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Retirement: Causes and Consequences

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 November 2008

John Bond ,
John McCallum  and
Victor Marshall
John Bond
Affiliation:
Health Care Research Unit, University of Newcastle upon Tyne.
John McCallum
Affiliation:
The Australian National University, Canberra
Victor Marshall
Affiliation:
Department of Behavioural Science, The University of Toronto
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Ageing & Society , Volume 6 , Issue 2 , June 1986 , pp. 219 - 237
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1986

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