Factors associated with volunteer behavior among community dwelling older persons

Activities, Adaptation and Aging

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 29-44

  Peters Davis, Norah D ^a   Burant, Christopher J ^b   Braunschweig, Heidi M ^b  

^a ARCADIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Activities; Productive aging; Role theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748163349     PISSN: 01924788     EISSN: 15444368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J016v26n02_03     Document Type: Article

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