Daily life of elderly women in a rural area in The Netherlands

GeoJournal

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 187-193

  Fortuijn, Joos Droogleever ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Elderly women; Rural areas; Social activities; Support networks; Time geography

Indexed keywords

ELDERLY POPULATION; LIFESTYLE; RURAL AREA; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 0033495213     PISSN: 03432521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007027625248     Document Type: Article

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