Lighting for people with dementia

Lighting Research and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 81-97

  Torrington, Judith M ^a   Tregenza, P R ^a   Noell Waggoner, L C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b Center of Design for an Aging Society   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; DESIGN; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY;

GUIDELINES; LIGHTING DESIGN; RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS;

ELECTRIC LIGHTING;

EID: 33947535677     PISSN: 14771535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1365782806074484     Document Type: Article

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