Getting Old with a Good Life: Research on the Everyday Life Patterns of Active Older People

Ageing International

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 300-317

  Kwok, Jackie Yan Chi ^a   Tsang, Kaman Ka Man ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Active Ageing; Ageing society; Hong Kong

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865607589     PISSN: 01635158     EISSN: 1936606X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12126-011-9124-1     Document Type: Article

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