Reliability and validity of a Japanese version of 'Attitudes Towards the Elderly' scale

Journal of Physical Therapy Science

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 27-32

  Ogiwara, Shimpachiro ^a   Inoue, Katsumi ^a   Koshimizu, Sayuki ^b  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Elderly; Scale testing

Indexed keywords

EID: 34147127730     PISSN: 09155287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1589/jpts.19.27     Document Type: Article

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