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Personal adjustment in late life: successful aging

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 November 2008

Peter G Coleman
Peter G Coleman*
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University of Southampton, UK
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Peter G Coleman, Reader in Social Gerontology, University Department of Geriatric Medicine, Level E, Centre Block, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton SO9 4XY, UK.
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Social and psychological gerontology
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Reviews in Clinical Gerontology , Volume 2 , Issue 1 , February 1992 , pp. 67 - 78
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1992

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