Undergraduate interest in aging: Is it affected by contact with older adults?

Educational Gerontology

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 623-638

  Gorelik, Yehudit ^a   Damron Rodriguez, Joann ^a   Funderburk, Brooke ^a   Solomon, David H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 21544484615     PISSN: 03601277     EISSN: 15210472     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03601270050200626     Document Type: Article

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