Senior citizens centers: What they offer, who participates, and what they gain

Journal of Gerontological Social Work

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 37-47

  Turner, K Whisnant ^a,b  

^a Institute for Mediation in Aging   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Evaluation; Human services; Outcomes; Programs; Survey; Utilization

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745689951     PISSN: 01634372     EISSN: 15404048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J083v43n01_04     Document Type: Article

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