Men in/and crisis: The cultural narrative of men's midlife crises

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Men in/and crisis : The cultural narrative of men's midlife crises. / Eriksen, Camilla Bruun.

I: Journal of Aging Studies, Bind 57, 100926, 06.2021.

Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt

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Eriksen, CB 2021, 'Men in/and crisis: The cultural narrative of men's midlife crises', Journal of Aging Studies, bind 57, 100926. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaging.2021.100926

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Eriksen, C. B. (2021). Men in/and crisis: The cultural narrative of men's midlife crises. Journal of Aging Studies, 57, [100926]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaging.2021.100926

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Eriksen CB. Men in/and crisis: The cultural narrative of men's midlife crises. Journal of Aging Studies. 2021 jun.;57. 100926. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaging.2021.100926

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Eriksen, Camilla Bruun. / Men in/and crisis : The cultural narrative of men's midlife crises. I: Journal of Aging Studies. 2021 ; Bind 57.

Bibtex

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