The age-participation relationship revised: Focus on older adults

Adult Education Quarterly

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 15-27

  Tikkanen, Tarja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

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EID: 3042861506     PISSN: 07417136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/074171369804900103     Document Type: Article

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