At-home disaster preparedness of elderly people in Hong Kong

Geriatrics and Gerontology International

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 524-531

  Loke, Alice Yuen ^a   Lai, Claudia KY ^a   Fung, Olivia Wai Man ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

At home preparedness; Disaster preparedness; Elderly; Perception of disasters

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DISASTER PLANNING; FEMALE; FIRE; FLOODING; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISASTER PLANNING; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84862682235     PISSN: 14441586     EISSN: 14470594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0594.2011.00778.x     Document Type: Article

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