The stealth gerontology™ program: Training teachers to infuse aging and age-related content into public school classrooms

Educational Gerontology

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 691-710

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

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

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EID: 4544289779     PISSN: 03601277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03601270490483913     Document Type: Review

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