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Race, aging and health in the USA

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 November 2008

Kyriakos S Markides  and
Verna M Keith
Kyriakos S Markides*
Affiliation:
University of Texas Medical Branch. Galveston, Texas
Verna M Keith
Affiliation:
Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA
*
Kyriakos S Markides, Professor of Preventive Medicine and Community Health, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas 77555–1053, USA.
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Social and psychological gerontology
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Reviews in Clinical Gerontology , Volume 5 , Issue 3 , August 1995 , pp. 339 - 345
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1995

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