Mobility in Old Age: Beyond the transportation perspective

Journal of Applied Gerontology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 411-418

  Kaiser, Heinz Juergen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gerontology; Mobility; Old age; Transportation

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOTIVATION; NOTE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SENESCENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT;

EID: 68249155529     PISSN: 07334648     EISSN: 15524523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0733464808329121     Document Type: Note

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