Older volunteers participating in a university research registry: Helping others my age

Educational Gerontology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 367-381

  Warburton, Jeni ^a   Dyer, Matthew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

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EID: 2442679172     PISSN: 03601277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03601270490433567     Document Type: Article

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