Physical housing environment: Development of a self-assessment instrument

Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 250-260

  Fänge, Agneta ^a   Iwarsson, Susannne ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Home environment; Instrument construction; Self assessment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SELF EVALUATION; STANDARDIZATION;

EID: 0342980851     PISSN: 00084174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000841749906600507     Document Type: Article

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