Outdoor mobility in late life: Persons, environments and society

The Many Faces of Health, Competence and Well-Being in Old Age: Integrating Epidemiological, Psychological and Social Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 33-45

  Mollenkopf, Heidrun ^a   Baas, Stephan ^a   Kaspar, Roman ^a   Oswald, Frank ^a   Wahl, Hans Werner ^a  

^a GERMAN CENTRE FOR RESEARCH ON AGEING   (Germany)

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EID: 77954291391     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/1-4020-4138-1_4     Document Type: Chapter

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