Classification of late-life leisure activities among elderly Chinese in Hong Kong

East Asian Archives of Psychiatry

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 123-127

  Leung, Grace Tak Yu ^a   Leung, K F ^b   Lam, L C W ^c  

^a TAI PO HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Aged; Hong kong; Leisure activities classification

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC EXERCISE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CLINICAL CLASSIFICATION; COGNITION; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTELLECT; LEISURE; MALE; SOCIAL ASPECT; STRETCHING; VALIDATION PROCESS;

AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; COGNITION; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HONG KONG; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RECREATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 80053327884     PISSN: 20789947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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