Performance of black grandmothers: Perceptions of three generations of females

Educational Gerontology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 187-205

  Strom, Robert D ^a   Heeder, Steven D ^a   Strom, Paris S ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 28244492336     PISSN: 03601277     EISSN: 15210472     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03601270590900927     Document Type: Review

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