Life-space mobility and quality of life in community-dwelling older people

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 61, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1830-1832

  Rantakokko, Merja ^a   Portegijs, Erja ^a   Viljanen, Anne ^a   Iwarsson, Susanne ^b   Rantanen, Taina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LETTER; LIFE SPACE MOBILITY; MALE; PHYSICAL MOBILITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NURSING HOMES; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 84885582062     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12473     Document Type: Letter

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