Beliefs about aging: Implications for future educational programming

Educational Gerontology

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1022-1042

  Sellers, Debra M ^a   Bolender, Benjamin C ^a   Crocker, Andrew B ^b  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77956454131     PISSN: 03601277     EISSN: 15210472     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03601270903534853     Document Type: Article

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