The impact of leisure activity and innovation on the Well-Being of the very old

Understanding Well-Being in the Oldest Old

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 240-258

  Nimrod, Galit ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

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EID: 84923467998     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511920974.015     Document Type: Chapter

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