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Canadian Journal on Aging / La Revue canadienne du vieillissement Canadian Journal on Aging / La Revue canadienne du vieillissement

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Harmonizing Data for Collaborative Research on Aging: Why Should We Foster Such an Agenda?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 February 2012

Isabel Fortier ,
Dany Doiron ,
Christina Wolfson  and
Parminder Raina
Isabel Fortier*
Affiliation:
Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre Public Population Project in Genomics
Dany Doiron
Affiliation:
Public Population Project in Genomics
Christina Wolfson
Affiliation:
McGill University
Parminder Raina
Affiliation:
McMaster University
*
*Correspondence and requests for offprints should be sent to: / La correspondance et les demandes de tirés-à-part doivent être adressées à: Isabel Fortier, Ph.D. Research Institute – McGill University Health Centre Allan Memorial Institute 1025 Pine Avenue West Room P2.028 Montreal, QC H3A 1A1 (isabel.fortier@mail.mcgill.ca)
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Canadian Institutes of Health Research–Institute of Aging: Profile
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Canadian Journal on Aging / La Revue canadienne du vieillissement , Volume 31 , Issue 1 , March 2012 , pp. 95 - 99
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Copyright © Canadian Association on Gerontology 2012

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