Health promotion/disease prevention: New directions for geriatric education

Educational Gerontology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 93-104

  Levkoff, Sue ^a   Berkman, Barbara ^b   Balsam, Alan ^c   Minaker, Kenneth ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

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EID: 23144449113     PISSN: 03601277     EISSN: 15210472     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0360127960220109     Document Type: Article

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