The green prescription and older adults: What do general practitioners see as barriers?

Journal of Primary Health Care

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 320-327

  Patel, Asmita ^a   Kolt, Gregory S ^b   Keogh, Justin W L ^c   Schofield, Grant M ^a  

^a AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c BOND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Green prescription; Older adults; Physical activity; Primary health care

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870934421     PISSN: 11726164     EISSN: 11726156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/hc12320     Document Type: Article

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