Visualising old age. Photographs of older people on the website of the DaneAge Association for older people

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Visualising old age. Photographs of older people on the website of the DaneAge Association for older people. / Christensen, Christa Lykke.

I: N O R D I C O M Review, Bind 40, Nr. 2, 06.11.2019, s. 111-127.

Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt

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Christensen, CL 2019, 'Visualising old age. Photographs of older people on the website of the DaneAge Association for older people', N O R D I C O M Review, bind 40, nr. 2, s. 111-127. https://doi.org/10.2478/nor-2019-0036

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Christensen, C. L. (2019). Visualising old age. Photographs of older people on the website of the DaneAge Association for older people. N O R D I C O M Review, 40(2), 111-127. https://doi.org/10.2478/nor-2019-0036

Vancouver

Christensen CL. Visualising old age. Photographs of older people on the website of the DaneAge Association for older people. N O R D I C O M Review. 2019 nov. 6;40(2):111-127. https://doi.org/10.2478/nor-2019-0036

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Christensen, Christa Lykke. / Visualising old age. Photographs of older people on the website of the DaneAge Association for older people. I: N O R D I C O M Review. 2019 ; Bind 40, Nr. 2. s. 111-127.

Bibtex

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