Increasing independence for older people through good street design

Journal of Integrated Care

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 24-29

  Newton, Rita ^a   Ormerod, Marcus ^a   Burton, Elizabeth ^a   Mitchell, Lynne ^a   Ward Thompson, Catharine ^a  

^a The EPSRC I'DGO Consortium ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Independence; Neighbourhood environments; Outdoor activity; Street design

Indexed keywords

EID: 78049363949     PISSN: 14769018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5042/jic.2010.0246     Document Type: Article

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