On the move: Exercise, leisure activities, and midlife women

Women Over Fifty: Psychological Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 79-94

  Hall, Ruth L ^a  

^a The College of New Jersey   (United States)

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EID: 79952362023     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-46341-4_5     Document Type: Chapter

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