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Commentary: Clinical Research on Older Adults in Canada

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 November 2010

David B. Hogan  and
Howard Bergman
David B. Hogan
Affiliation:
University of Calgary
Howard Bergman
Affiliation:
McGill University
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Canadian Journal on Aging / La Revue canadienne du vieillissement , Volume 20 , Issue S1: Northern Lights: Reflections on Canadian Gerontological Research , Summer/Été 2001 , pp. 17 - 20
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Copyright © Canadian Association on Gerontology 2001

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