Self-reported sensory impairment and life satisfaction in older French-speaking adults

Canadian Journal of Nursing Research

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 154-171

  Bourque, Paul ^a   Léger, Christine ^a   Pushkar, Dolores ^b   Béland, François ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONCTON   (Canada)

^b Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Life satisfaction; Older adults; Sensory impairments

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LIFESTYLE; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SATISFACTION; SOCIOECONOMICS;

COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LIFE STYLE; MALE; NEW BRUNSWICK; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 38349002589     PISSN: 08445621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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