Perceived risks to independent living: The views of older, community- dwelling adults

Gerontologist

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 729-736

  Mack, Ruthanna ^a   Salmoni, Alan ^a   Viverais Dressler, Gloria ^a   Porter, Elaine ^a   Garg, Rashmi ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Independence; Perceived risk; Well being

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FITNESS; GERIATRIC CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDEPENDENCE; MALE; PERCEPTION; RISK; WELLBEING;

EID: 0031456864     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/37.6.729     Document Type: Article

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