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Ten Years of the CIHR Institute of Aging: Building on Strengths, Addressing Gaps, Shaping the Future*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 May 2011

Anne Martin-Matthews
Anne Martin-Matthews*
Affiliation:
CIHR Institute of Aging and the University of British Columbia
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†Correspondence and requests for offprints should be sent to / La correspondance et les demandes de tirés-à-part doivent être adressées à: Anne Martin-Matthews, Ph.D. CIHR Institute of Aging and Department of Sociology The University of British Columbia 6303 NW Marine Drive Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1 (amm@exchange.ubc.ca)
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Canadian Institutes of Health Research–Institute of Aging: Profile/Instituts de recherche en santé du Canada – Institut de vieillissement : Profil
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Canadian Journal on Aging / La Revue canadienne du vieillissement , Volume 30 , Issue 2 , June 2011 , pp. 285 - 290
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Copyright © Canadian Association on Gerontology 2011

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The author acknowledges the assistance of Susan Crawford, Ph.D., Assistant Director, CIHR Institute of Aging, in the preparation of this manuscript, which is a revision of a presentation to the Canadian Association on Gerontology, at their Annual Scientific and Educational Meeting, Montréal, Québec, December 3, 2010.

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