Predictors of msw employment in gerontological practice

Educational Gerontology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 295-312

  Cummings, Sherry M ^a   Galambos, Colleen ^a   DeCoster, Vaughn A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 0038115614     PISSN: 03601277     EISSN: 15210472     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/713844338     Document Type: Article

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