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Aspects of Wellbeing in Ageing

A life-span approach to examining older vulnerable population’s subjective well-being: the role of adversity and trauma

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Pages 2043-2052 | Received 13 Mar 2019, Accepted 29 Jul 2019, Published online: 12 Aug 2019

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