Students' attitudes toward the elderly in the people's republic of China

Educational Gerontology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 305-314

  Tan, P Philip ^a   Zhang, Naihua ^b   Fan, Lian ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TIANJIN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 1942442138     PISSN: 03601277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03601270490278830     Document Type: Article

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