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Aging in China: progress and policy responses

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 November 2008

Zeng Yi*
Affiliation:
Peking University, Beijing, China
*
Professor Zeng Yi, The Institute of Population Research and a WHO collaborating center, Peking University, Beijing 100871, PR China.

Abstract

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Type
Social and psychological gerontology
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1995

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