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Women's changing economic activity: implications for care of the elderly

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 November 2008

Jeanette Potter
Affiliation:
Medical Student, St Mary's Hospital Medical School, Norfolk Place, London W21PG, UK.
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Abstract

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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1993

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