Can Older Gardeners Meet the Physical Activity Recommendation through Gardening?
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Exercise intensities of gardening tasks within older adult allotment gardeners in Wales.
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عنوان ژورنال: HortTechnology
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1063-0198,1943-7714
DOI: 10.21273/horttech.18.4.639