The association between the home environment and physical activity in community-dwelling older adults

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 377-385

  Benzinger, P ^a   Iwarsson, S ^b   Kroog, A ^a   Beische, D ^a   Lindemann, U ^a   Klenk, J ^c   Becker, C ^a  

^a ROBERT BOSCH HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Environmental barriers; Housing; Older persons; Person environment fit

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; VERY ELDERLY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84925883616     PISSN: 15940667     EISSN: 17208319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40520-014-0196-0     Document Type: Article

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