Developing a housing adaptation genome project

British Journal of Occupational Therapy

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 200-203

  Heywood, Frances ^a   Awang, Darren ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Faculty of Engineering and Computing   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evidence; Housing adaptation; Research

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958096115     PISSN: 03080226     EISSN: 14776006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4276/030802211X13021048723372     Document Type: Article

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