Keeping disease at arm's length: how older Danish people distance disease through active ageing

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Keeping disease at arm's length : how older Danish people distance disease through active ageing. / Lassen, Aske Juul.

In: Ageing & Society, Vol. 35, No. 7, 08.2015, p. 1364-1383.

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Lassen, AJ 2015, 'Keeping disease at arm's length: how older Danish people distance disease through active ageing', Ageing & Society, vol. 35, no. 7, pp. 1364-1383. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0144686X14000245

APA

Lassen, A. J. (2015). Keeping disease at arm's length: how older Danish people distance disease through active ageing. Ageing & Society, 35(7), 1364-1383. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0144686X14000245

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Lassen AJ. Keeping disease at arm's length: how older Danish people distance disease through active ageing. Ageing & Society. 2015 Aug;35(7):1364-1383. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0144686X14000245

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Lassen, Aske Juul. / Keeping disease at arm's length : how older Danish people distance disease through active ageing. In: Ageing & Society. 2015 ; Vol. 35, No. 7. pp. 1364-1383.

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