Late-life volunteering and trajectories of Physical health

Journal of Applied Gerontology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 524-533

  Tang, Fengyan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Formal volunteering; Older volunteers; Physical health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL NETWORK; VOLUNTARY WORKER;

EID: 68249155532     PISSN: 07334648     EISSN: 15524523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0733464808327454     Document Type: Article

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