Contextual effect of neighborhood environment on homebound elderly in a Japanese community

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 67-71

  Murayama, Hiroshi ^a   Yoshie, Satoru ^b   Sugawara, Ikuko ^b   Wakui, Tomoko ^c   Arami, Reiko ^b  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Community dwelling elderly; Homebound; Multilevel analysis; Neighborhood environment

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMMUNITY LIVING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HOMEBOUND PATIENT; HUMAN; JAPANESE; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ASPECT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOMEBOUND PERSONS; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 80054919764     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: 18726976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2011.03.016     Document Type: Article

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