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Aging in Russia. / Strizhitskaya, O.

In: The Gerontologist, Vol. 56, No. 5, 2016, p. 795-799.

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Strizhitskaya, O 2016, 'Aging in Russia', The Gerontologist, vol. 56, no. 5, pp. 795-799. https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnw007

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Strizhitskaya, O. (2016). Aging in Russia. The Gerontologist, 56(5), 795-799. https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnw007

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Strizhitskaya O. Aging in Russia. The Gerontologist. 2016;56(5):795-799. https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnw007

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Strizhitskaya, O. / Aging in Russia. In: The Gerontologist. 2016 ; Vol. 56, No. 5. pp. 795-799.

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