Women & Aging: A Guide to the Literature
- ISBN-10
- 1555876617
- ISBN-13
- 9781555876616
- Category
- Aged women
- Pages
- 259
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1997
- Publisher
- Lynne Rienner Publishers
- Author
- Helen Rippier Wheeler
Description
Guide with more than two thousand bibliographic entries and cross-references. It includes journal articles, book chapters, essays, and doctoral dissertations, as well as complete books.
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