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Resilience as Adaptation in Older Women

Beth Kinsel MGS and PhD Greene County Council on Aging, Xenia, OH
Pages 23-39 | Received 24 Sep 2004, Accepted 08 Dec 2004, Published online: 13 Oct 2008

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