Patterns of social activity engagement among older hispanics and their relationship to sociodemographic and health variables

Activities, Adaptation and Aging

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 251-275

  Rodríguez Galán, Marta B ^a   FalcóN, Luis M ^b  

^a ST JOHN FISHER COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Activities; Depression; Health; Older Hispanics; Social engagement

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650246839     PISSN: 01924788     EISSN: 15444368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01924788.2010.523868     Document Type: Article

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