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Experimental Aging Research
An International Journal Devoted to the Scientific Study of the Aging Process
Volume 32, 2006 - Issue 4
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Change in Subjective Age among Older People over an Eight-Year Follow-Up: ‘Getting Older and Feeling Younger?’

Virpi Uotinen The Finnish Centre for Interdisciplinary Gerontology, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, FinlandCorrespondence[email protected]
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Taina Rantanen The Finnish Centre for Interdisciplinary Gerontology, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland
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Timo Suutama Department of Psychology, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland
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Isto Ruoppila Department of Psychology, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland
Pages 381-393 | Received 15 Jan 2005, Accepted 12 Oct 2005, Published online: 05 Mar 2007

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