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Part V - Summary: Later Life and Interventions

from Part V - Later Life and Interventions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 May 2020

By
Renée DeCaro  and
Ayanna K. Thomas
Edited by
Ayanna K. Thomas  and
Angela Gutchess
Ayanna K. Thomas
Affiliation:
Tufts University, Massachusetts
Angela Gutchess
Affiliation:
Brandeis University, Massachusetts
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The Cambridge Handbook of Cognitive Aging
A Life Course Perspective
 , pp. 737 - 742
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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