Contact quality and attitudes toward the elderly

Educational Gerontology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 127-137

  Schwartz, Lisa K ^a   Simmons, Joseph P ^a  

^a Mount Saint Mary's   (United States)

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EID: 0035587881     PISSN: 03601277     EISSN: 15210472     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03601270151075525     Document Type: Article

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