Outdoor built environment barriers and facilitators to activity among midlife and older adults with mobility disabilities

Gerontologist

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 268-279

  Rosenberg, Dori E ^a,c   Huang, Deborah L ^b   Simonovich, Shannon D ^c   Belza, Basia ^c  

^a GROUP HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambulation; Disability; Neighborhood; Physical activity; Physical function; Walkability

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONSTRUCTION WORK AND ARCHITECTURAL PHENOMENA; DEMOGRAPHY; DISABLED PERSON; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF HELP; SUBURBAN POPULATION; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VERY ELDERLY; WALKING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARCHITECTURAL ACCESSIBILITY; DISABLED PERSONS; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SELF-HELP DEVICES; SUBURBAN POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION; WALKING; WASHINGTON;

EID: 84874895586     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: 17585341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/gns119     Document Type: Article

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