Outdoor adventure and successful ageing

Ageing and Society

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 644-665

  Boyes, Mike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

adventure; environment; older people; risk; successful ageing; Third Age

Indexed keywords

AGING POPULATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; ELDERLY POPULATION; HEALTH CARE; OUTDOOR RECREATION; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; SOCIAL CAPITAL;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 84875872385     PISSN: 0144686X     EISSN: 14691779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X12000165     Document Type: Article

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