Mismatches between the home environment and physical capabilities among community-living older persons

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 88-92

  Gill, Thomas M ^a   Robison, Julie T ^b   Williams, Christianna S ^a   Tinetti, Mary E ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF LIVING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY CARE; ELDERLY CARE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0032899566     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1999.tb01906.x     Document Type: Article

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