Environmental and behavioral conditions of bathing among elderly Japanese

Journal of Physiological Anthropology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 235-240

  Takasaki, Yuji ^a   Ohnaka, Tadakatsu ^b   Tochihara, Yutaka ^c   Nagai, Yumiko ^d   Ito, Hiromitsu ^e   Yoshitake, Shiro ^e  

^a AKITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FUKUOKA WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d OSAKA KYOIKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e Saibu Gas Co Ltd

Author keywords

Accident; Bathroom; Elderly people; Regional difference; Thermal sensation

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BATH; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FALLING; FEMALE; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TEMPERATURE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BATHS; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HOUSING FOR THE ELDERLY; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 34248546418     PISSN: 18806791     EISSN: 18806805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2114/jpa2.26.235     Document Type: Article

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