Undergraduate knowledge of aging: A comparative study of biopsychosocial content

Gerontology and Geriatrics Education

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 53-71

  Damron Rodriguez, Joann ^a   Funderburk, Brooke ^a   Lee, Martin ^b   Solomon, David H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Greater Los Angeles Health Services Research and Development (HSR and D)   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EDUCATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STUDENT; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ATTITUDE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; LOS ANGELES; MALE; PREJUDICE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 21644445360     PISSN: 02701960     EISSN: 15453847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J021v25n01_04     Document Type: Article

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