Visually Impaired Older Adults and Home-Based Leisure Activities: The Effects of Person-Environment Congruence

Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 14-27

  Stevens Ratchford, Regena ^a   Krause, Airi ^b  

^a TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HOME; HUMAN; LEISURE; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; SATISFACTION; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 0347758370     PISSN: 0145482X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0145482x0409800103     Document Type: Article

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