Draw a Young and an Older Person: Schoolchildren's Images of Older People

Educational Gerontology

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 827-840

  Villar, Feliciano ^a   Fabà, Josep ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

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EID: 84866565384     PISSN: 03601277     EISSN: 15210472     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03601277.2011.645445     Document Type: Article

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