Is "raging" good for health?: Older women's participation in the raging grannies

Health Care for Women International

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 88-118

  Hutchinson, Susan L ^a   Wexler, Blair ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR; CANADA; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MIDDLE AGED; NOVA SCOTIA; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

EID: 33845286563     PISSN: 07399332     EISSN: 10964665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07399330601003515     Document Type: Article

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