Older people's lives in the inner city: Hazardous or rewarding?

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 98-106

  Russell, Cherry ^a   Hill, Brenda ^b   Basser, Meg ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b S E Sydney Area Health Service

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FOOD STORAGE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOUSING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYGIENE; INDEPENDENCE; INTERVIEW; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SAFETY; SENESCENCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TRAFFIC; URBAN POPULATION; WELLBEING;

EID: 0031831984     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.1998.tb01152.x     Document Type: Article

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