Assessing attitudes toward the elderly: Polizzi's refined version of the aging semantic differential

Educational Gerontology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 197-216

  Polizzi, Kenneth G ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI UNIVERSITY FOR WOMEN   (United States)

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EID: 2442715906     PISSN: 03601277     EISSN: 15210472     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/713844306     Document Type: Article

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