Disseminating the Positively Aging® teaching materials: Results of a controlled trial

Educational Gerontology

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 541-561

  Lichtenstein, Michael J ^a   Pruski, Linda A ^a   Marshall, Carolyn E ^a   Blalock, Cheryl L ^a   Liu, Yan ^a   Plaetke, Rosemarie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

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EID: 28244492775     PISSN: 03601277     EISSN: 15210472     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03601270590962505     Document Type: Article

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