Volunteering aspirations of hong kong chinese soon-to-be-old adults

Activities, Adaptation and Aging

Volumn 27, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 79-96

  Chou, Kee Lee ^a   Chow, Nelson W S ^a   Chi, Iris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Adults; Hong kong chinese; Volunteering aspiration

Indexed keywords

EID: 84983225045     PISSN: 01924788     EISSN: 15444368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J016v27n03_06     Document Type: Article

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