Quality of life and barriers in the urban outdoor environment in old age

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 58, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2154-2159

  Rantakokko, Merja ^a   Iwarsson, Susanne ^b   Kauppinen, Markku ^a   Leinonen, Raija ^c   Heikkinen, Eino ^a   Rantanen, Taina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c GeroCenter Foundation for Research and Development   (Finland)

Author keywords

outdoor environment; outdoor mobility; quality of life

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEAR; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HOME; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF REPORT; TRAFFIC; URBAN AREA; WALKING SPEED;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARCHITECTURAL ACCESSIBILITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 78449297681     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.03143.x     Document Type: Article

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