Effect of gerontology education: A 21-year report

Educational Gerontology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 79-89

  Masunaga, Hiromi ^a   Peterson, David A ^a   Seymour, Rachel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 25844510195     PISSN: 03601277     EISSN: 15210472     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0360127980240106     Document Type: Article

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