Health and well-being through T‘ai Chi: Perceptions of older adults in Hong Kong

Leisure Studies

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 163-178

  Yau, Matthew Kwai Sang ^a   Packer, Tanya L ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 84937375407     PISSN: 02614367     EISSN: 14664496     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/026143602110138850     Document Type: Article

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