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Sense of community in housing for the elderly

✍ Scribed by Jonathan Zaff; Ann Sloan Devlin

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 1998
Tongue: English
Weight: 115 KB
Volume: 26
Category: Article
ISSN: 0090-4392
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1520-6629(199807)26:4<381::aid-jcop6>3.0.co;2-w

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