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The Berlin Aging Study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 November 2008

Dale Dannefer ,
Dennis Bromley ,
Raymond Tallis ,
Gordon F. Streib ,
Paul B. Baltes ,
Karl Ulrich Mayer ,
Hanfried Helmchen  and
Elisabeth Steinhagen-Thiessen
Dale Dannefer
Affiliation:
Graduate School of Education and Human Development, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York
Dennis Bromley
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Liverpool
Raymond Tallis
Affiliation:
Department of Geriatric Medicine, University of Manchester
Gordon F. Streib
Affiliation:
Department of Sociology, University of Florida, Gainesville, U.S.A.
Paul B. Baltes
Affiliation:
Max Planck Institute for Human Development and Education, Lentzeallee 94, D-14195, Berlin
Karl Ulrich Mayer
Affiliation:
Max Planck Institute for Human Development and Education, Lentzeallee 94, D-14195, Berlin
Hanfried Helmchen
Affiliation:
Max Planck Institute for Human Development and Education, Lentzeallee 94, D-14195, Berlin
Elisabeth Steinhagen-Thiessen
Affiliation:
Max Planck Institute for Human Development and Education, Lentzeallee 94, D-14195, Berlin
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Ageing & Society , Volume 14 , Issue 4 , December 1994 , pp. 589 - 617
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