Environmental factors associated with social participation of older adults living in metropolitan, urban, and rural areas: The NuAge study

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 105, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1718-1725

  Levasseur, Mélanie ^a   Cohen, Alan A ^a   Dubois, Marie France ^a   Généreux, Mélissa ^a   Richard, Lucie ^b   Therrien, France Hélène ^c   Payette, Hélène ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF GERIATRICS OF SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; CAR DRIVING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; QUEBEC; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; URBAN POPULATION; VERY ELDERLY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUEBEC; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84937611592     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.302415     Document Type: Article

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