Availability of activity-related resources in senior apartments: Does it differ by neighbourhood socio-economic status?

Ageing and Society

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 397-411

  Menec, Verena H ^a   Veselyuk, Dawn M ^a   Blandford, Audrey A ^a   Nowicki, Scott ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Activity participation; Environment; Housing; Socio economic status

Indexed keywords

BUILDING; CENSUS; HOUSING; INCOME; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; NEIGHBORHOOD; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

CANADA; MANITOBA; NORTH AMERICA; WINNIPEG;

EID: 67749117952     PISSN: 0144686X     EISSN: 14691779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X08007939     Document Type: Article

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