Rural community members' perspectives on mental health and aging: An ecological approach to interpreting and applying focus group results

Journal of Extension

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Kruger, Tina ^a   Murray, Deborah ^a   Zanjani, Faika ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

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