What college students know about older adults: A cross-cultural qualitative study

Educational Gerontology

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 811-831

  Zhou, Ling Yi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST FRANCIS   (United States)

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EID: 34848901669     PISSN: 03601277     EISSN: 15210472     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03601270701364545     Document Type: Article

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