Do older adults anticipate relocating?: The relationship between housing relocation expectations and falls

Journal of Applied Gerontology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 231-250

  Stoeckel, Kimberly J ^a   Porell, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Falls; Housing; Residential relocation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; FALLING; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSING; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIGRATION; RESIDENTIAL HOME; SELF REPORT; WELLBEING;

EID: 77949425886     PISSN: 07334648     EISSN: 15524523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0733464809335595     Document Type: Article

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