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Promoting Older Women's Health and Well-Being Through Social Leisure Environments: What We Have Learned from the Red Hat Society®

Julie S. Son PhD Department of Recreation, Sport and Tourism, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Department of Recreation, Park and Tourism Management, The Pennsylvania State University
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Deborah L. Kerstetter PhD Department of Recreation, Park and Tourism Management, The Pennsylvania State University
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Careen M. Yarnal PhD Department of Recreation, Park and Tourism Management, The Pennsylvania State University
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Birgitta L. Baker MS Department of Recreation, Park and Tourism Management, The Pennsylvania State University
Pages 89-104 | Received 23 Sep 2006, Accepted 25 Oct 2006, Published online: 17 Oct 2008

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