Leisure activities and quality of life among the oldest old in Sweden

Research on Aging

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 528-547

  Silverstein, Merril ^a   Parker, Marti G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CULTURAL FACTOR; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LEISURE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECREATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SWEDEN;

EID: 0036716475     PISSN: 01640275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0164027502245003     Document Type: Article

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