Factors associated with home environmental problems among community-living older people

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 23, Issue 17, 2001, Pages 777-787

  Gitlin, L N ^a   Mann, W ^a   Tomit, M ^a   Marcus, S M ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BATH; BED; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GENDER; HOME; HOME CARE; HUMAN; KITCHEN; MALE; MINORITY GROUP; PAIN; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SOCIAL ASPECT; UNIVERSITY; WELLBEING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035923693     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638280110062167     Document Type: Article

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