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Editorial: Neglecting Elders in the Workplace: Civil Society Organizations, Ageism, and Mandatory Retirement

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 March 2010

David MacGregor
Affiliation:
Professor of Sociology, King's University College at the University of Western Ontario
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Copyright © Canadian Association on Gerontology 2006

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