An empirical study to identify older adults’ engagement in productivity occupations

Journal of Occupational Science

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 145-153

  Knight, Judith ^a   Ball, Veronica ^a   Corr, Susan ^a   Turner, Annie ^a   Lowis, Mike ^b   Ekberg, Merryn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Occupations; Older people; Productivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 36549055592     PISSN: 14427591     EISSN: 21581576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14427591.2007.9686595     Document Type: Article

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