Insufficient Lighting in Nursing Homes

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 314-317

  De Lepeleire, Jan ^a   Bouwen, Anne ^a   De Coninck, Leen ^b   Buntinx, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b Artevelde Hogeschool   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Accidental falls; dementia; nursing homes; vision

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; EUROPE; FALL RISK; FALLING; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; LIGHT INTENSITY; NURSING HOME; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; STANDARD; VISION; WORKPLACE;

EID: 34249935008     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2007.01.003     Document Type: Article

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