The Australian Grey Nomads - Are they who we think they are? Enhancing formative research through the quantitative assessment of psychological constructs

Health Promotion Journal of Australia

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 138-142

  Brayley, Nadine ^a   Obst, Patricia L ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECREATION; SAFETY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TRAVEL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECREATION; SAFETY; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; TRAVEL;

EID: 77955727182     PISSN: 10361073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/he10138     Document Type: Article

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