Place and wellbeing: Shedding light on activity interventions for older men

Ageing and Society

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 124-149

  Milligan, C ^a   Payne, S ^a   Bingley, A ^a   Cockshott, Z ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

health and wellbeing; older men; Sheds; therapeutic landscapes

Indexed keywords

ELDERLY POPULATION; LANDSCAPE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MENTAL HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84927614689     PISSN: 0144686X     EISSN: 14691779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X13000494     Document Type: Article

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