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Social networks and gerontology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 November 2008

G Clare Wenger
G Clare Wenger*
Affiliation:
University of Wales, Bangor, UK
*
Centre for Social Policy Research and Development, University of Wales, Bangor LL57 2DG, UK.
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Social and psychological gerontology
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Reviews in Clinical Gerontology , Volume 6 , Issue 3 , August 1996 , pp. 285 - 293
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1996

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