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Population aging and care of the elderly in Latin America and the Caribbean

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 November 2008

Alex Kalache  and
Yolande Coombes
Alex Kalache*
Affiliation:
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
Yolande Coombes
Affiliation:
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
*
Alex Kalache, Chief, Health of the Elderly, WHO, CH-1211, Geneva 27, Switzerland.
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Social and psychological gerontology
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Reviews in Clinical Gerontology , Volume 5 , Issue 3 , August 1995 , pp. 347 - 355
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1995

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