Housing and health in later life

Reviews on Environmental Health

Volumn 19, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 223-252

  Oswald, Frank ^a   Wahl, Hans Werner ^a  

^a GERMAN CENTRE FOR RESEARCH ON AGEING   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agency; Aging; Meaning; Person environment fit; Well being

Indexed keywords

AGING; BEHAVIOR; COMMUNITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GERONTOLOGY; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HEALTH; HEALTH HAZARD; HOUSING; MENTAL DISEASE; MICROENVIRONMENT; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHYSICAL DISEASE; RURAL AREA; SATISFACTION; THEORETICAL MODEL; URBAN AREA; WELLBEING;

AGED; AGING; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSING; HOUSING FOR THE ELDERLY; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MODELS, THEORETICAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 13144281761     PISSN: 00487554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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