The development of culturally-sensitive measures for research on ageing

Ageing and Society

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 355-370

  Ingersoll Dayton, Berit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Asia; comparative research; culture; measurement development; mixed methods

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ASIA; GERONTOLOGY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; SCIENTIST; THAI (PEOPLE);

EID: 82455246354     PISSN: 0144686X     EISSN: 14691779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X10000917     Document Type: Article

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