Effects of involvement in recreational sports on physical and mental health, quality of life of the elderly

Anthropologist

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 45-52

  Su, C L ^a   Lee, C J ^b   Shinger, H S ^b  

^a Taiwan Shoufu University   (Taiwan)

^b DA YEH UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Involvement in recreational sports; Physical and mental health; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891638766     PISSN: 09720073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09720073.2014.11891413     Document Type: Article

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