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Workplace Discrimination Among Older American Workers

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  1. Department of Social and Behavioral Health, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA

    Caroline Orr

  2. Department of Epidemiology and Community Health, Virginia Commonwealth University, PO Box 980212, 23298, Richmond, VA, USA

    Steven Cohen

  3. School of Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA

    Briana Mezuk

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Orr, C., Cohen, S., Mezuk, B. (2014). Workplace Discrimination Among Older American Workers. In: Michalos, A.C. (eds) Encyclopedia of Quality of Life and Well-Being Research. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0753-5_4120

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