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Activity and Wellbeing

Towards an active and happy retirement? Changes in leisure activity and depressive symptoms during the retirement transition

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Pages 621-631 | Received 13 Jun 2019, Accepted 16 Dec 2019, Published online: 22 Jan 2020

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