Active ageing in Europe: Policy discourses and initiatives

Assistive Technology Research Series

Volumn 23, Issue , 2009, Pages 35-48

  Walker, Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ageing; employment; policy politics; well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865471703     PISSN: 1383813X     EISSN: 18798071     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.3233/978-1-58603-937-0-35     Document Type: Article

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