Mapping midlife: An examination of social factors shaping conceptions of the timing of middle age

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• Publication year

  2011

• Venue

  Advances in Life Course Research

• Publication date

  2011-09-01

• Fields of study

  Sociology, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1016/J.ALCR.2011.08.003
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