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Sociology of Aging

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This guide focuses on resources for topics such as health care and financial planning as they relate to aging adults.

Worldwide Life Expectancy

2009 UN Data

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Aging Men by Antje Kampf (Editor); Barbara L. Marshall (Editor); Alan Petersen (Editor)
ISBN: 9780415699389

Publication Date: 2012-11-30
Handbook of Sociology of Aging by Jacqueline L. Angel (Editor); Richard A. Settersten (Editor)
ISBN: 9781441973733

Publication Date: 2011-05-06
Politics of Change by Lisa K. Waldner (Editor); Betty A. Dobratz (Editor); Timothy Buzzell (Editor)
ISBN: 0762309911

Publication Date: 2004-10-01

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