Mobility and out-of-home activities of older people living in suburban environments: 'Because I'm a driver, i don't have a problem'

Ageing and Society

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 785-808

  Zeitler, Elisabeth ^a   Buys, Laurie ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Global Positioning System (GPS); mobility; older people; out of home activity; participation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937974619     PISSN: 0144686X     EISSN: 14691779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X13001086     Document Type: Article

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