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9 - Senior adults: 65 and senior

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 October 2009

Margaret Nusbaum  and
Jo Ann Rosenfeld
Margaret Nusbaum
Affiliation:
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Jo Ann Rosenfeld
Affiliation:
The Johns Hopkins University
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Sexual Health across the Lifecycle
A Practical Guide for Clinicians
 , pp. 132 - 140
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2004

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