The Promotion of Active Aging in Taiwan

Ageing International

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 81-96

  Lin, Wan I ^a   Chen, Mei Lan ^a   Cheng, Ju Chun ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Active aging; Ageing society; Community participation; Elderly health promotion; Lifelong education

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901828023     PISSN: 01635158     EISSN: 1936606X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12126-013-9192-5     Document Type: Article

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