Sense of power among older people in Iran

Educational Gerontology

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 923-938

  Ravanipour, Maryam ^a   Salehi, Shayesteh ^b   Taleghani, Fariba ^b   Abedi, Heidar Ali ^b   Schuurmans, Marieke J ^c   De Jong, Anneke ^c  

^a BUSHEHR UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

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EID: 52949140215     PISSN: 03601277     EISSN: 15210472     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03601270802243747     Document Type: Article

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