Sunlight and health: Attitudes of older people living in intermediate care facilities in southern Australia

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Durvasula, Seeta ^a   Kok, Cindy ^b   Sambrook, Philip N ^b   Cumming, Robert G ^b   Lord, Stephen R ^c   March, Lynette M ^b   Mason, Rebecca S ^b   Seibel, Markus J ^b   Simpson, Judy M ^d   Cameron, Ian D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Intermediate care facility; Older people; Residential aged care; Sun exposure; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN D;

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH BELIEF; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; LEISURE; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN ENDED QUESTIONNAIRE; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SUN EXPOSURE; SUNLIGHT; SUNLIGHT PROTECTION; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; SUNLIGHT; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 77957671686     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2010.01.008     Document Type: Article

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