Intergenerational communication: Intergroup, accommodation, and family perspectives

Handbook of Communication and Aging Research

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 115-137

  Williams, Angie ^a   Harwood, Jake ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

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