Conceptualizing leisure self-care in an exploratory study of american indian elders’ health beliefs and behaviours

Leisure/ Loisir

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 479-509

  Son, Julie S ^a   Hutchinson, Susan L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Health promotion; Leisure; Minority health; Older adults; Self care

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859788644     PISSN: 14927713     EISSN: 21512221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14927713.2009.9651450     Document Type: Article

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