Understanding the relationship between holiday taking and self-assessed health: An exploratory study of senior tourism

International Journal of Consumer Studies

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 509-516

  Hunter Jones, Philippa ^a   Blackburn, Adele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL MANAGEMENT SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carers; Health; Qualitative research; Senior tourism

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350704877     PISSN: 14706423     EISSN: 14706431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1470-6431.2007.00607.x     Document Type: Article

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