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Conceptualizing Age-Friendly Community Characteristics in a Sample of Urban Elders: An Exploratory Factor Analysis

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Pages 90-111 | Received 20 Jul 2012, Accepted 09 Oct 2012, Published online: 25 Jan 2013

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