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Survival and Health at the Oldest Ages

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 November 2008

Tony Warnes
Tony Warnes
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Department of Health Care for Elderly People, University of Sheffield
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Ageing & Society , Volume 16 , Issue 3 , May 1996 , pp. 371 - 375
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