Undergraduate attitudes toward the elderly: The role of knowledge, contact and aging anxiety

Educational Gerontology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-14

  Allan, Linda J ^a   Johnson, James A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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EID: 57749110528     PISSN: 03601277     EISSN: 15210472     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03601270802299780     Document Type: Article

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