Environmental Gerontology at the Beginning of the New Millennium: Reflections on Its Historical, Empirical, and Theoretical Development

Gerontologist

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 616-627

  Wahl, Hans Werner ^a   Weisman, Gerald D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; GERIATRIC CARE; GERONTOLOGICAL RESEARCH; GERONTOLOGY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; RESIDENTIAL CARE; REVIEW; THEORY;

EID: 0142181007     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/43.5.616     Document Type: Review

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