Environmental volunteering and health outcomes over a 20-year period

Gerontologist

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 594-602

  Pillemer, Karl ^a   Fuller Rowell, Thomas E ^a   Reid, M C ^b   Wells, Nancy M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Health; Volunteerism and civic engagement; Well being

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; ENVIRONMENT; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; VOLUNTARY WORKER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CALIFORNIA; DEPRESSION; ENVIRONMENT; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VOLUNTARY WORKERS;

EID: 77957115657     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: 17585341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnq007     Document Type: Article

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