Leisure and retirement: Women's stories

Loisir et Societe

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 257-284

  Gibson, Heather ^a   Ashton Shaeffer, Candace ^b   Green, Jenny ^a   Corbin, Julia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 0036768079     PISSN: 07053436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07053436.2002.10707589     Document Type: Article

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