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Activities, Adaptation & Aging
Dignified and Purposeful Living for Older Adults
Volume 31, 2007 - Issue 3
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Original Articles

Predicting Older Australians' LeisureTime Physical Activity

Impact of Residence, Retirement Village versus Community, on Walking, Swimming, Dancing and Lawn Bowling

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Pages 13-30 | Received 01 Jul 2006, Accepted 01 Apr 2007, Published online: 11 Oct 2008

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