Independence, well-being, and social participation in an aging population

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1114, Issue , 2007, Pages 241-250

  Alpass, Fiona ^a   Towers, Andy ^a   Stephens, Christine ^a   Fitzgerald, Eljon ^a   Stevenson, Brendan ^a   Davey, Judith ^b  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

General health; Mental health; Retirement adjustment; Work status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NEW ZEALAND; RETIREMENT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNIVERSITY; WELLBEING; WORK;

EID: 35948936410     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1396.009     Document Type: Conference Paper

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