Characteristics related to elderly persons’ perceived difficulty of remaining in their current homes

Family and Consumer Sciences Research Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 59-74

  Sherman, Sonia L ^a   Combs, E Raedene ^b  

^a Vocational Rehabilitation ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

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EID: 51949098128     PISSN: 1077727X     EISSN: 15523934     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077727X970261003     Document Type: Article

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