Sins of commission and omission: Aging-related content in high school textbooks

Gerontology and Geriatrics Education

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 3-32

  Markson, Elizabeth W ^a   Pratt, Francis E ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Center for Understudying Aging   (United States)

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EID: 85011528550     PISSN: 02701960     EISSN: 15453847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J021v17n01_02     Document Type: Article

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