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Editorial: Setting an Evidence-Based Policy Agenda for Seniors' Independence

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 November 2010

Neena L. Chappell
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Canadian Journal on Aging / La Revue canadienne du vieillissement , Volume 19 , Issue S1 , Summer/Été 2000 , pp. i - v
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Copyright © Canadian Association on Gerontology 2000

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