Therapeutic lighting design for the elderly: A review

Perspectives in Public Health

Volumn 132, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 282-291

  Shikder, Shariful ^a   Mourshed, Monjur ^a   Price, Andrew ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

biological effects; built environment; elderly; lighting design

Indexed keywords

AGED; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; LITERATURE; LUMINANCE; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; METHODOLOGY; PHOTOBIOLOGY; PHOTOMETRY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RESEARCH; REVIEW; STUDY DESIGN; VISION; AGING; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; COLOR; PHOTOTHERAPY; PHYSIOLOGY; SLEEP DISORDER; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; AGING; COLOR; DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LIGHTING; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PHOTOTHERAPY; SLEEP DISORDERS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84867965515     PISSN: 17579139     EISSN: 17579147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1757913911422288     Document Type: Review

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