Cocoa: A new validated instrument to assess medical students' attitudes towards older adults

Educational Gerontology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 193-209

  Hollar, David ^a   Roberts, Ellen ^a   Busby Whitehead, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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EID: 79951565623     PISSN: 03601277     EISSN: 15210472     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03601277.2010.532063     Document Type: Article

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