Environmental barriers, person-environment fit and mortality among community-dwelling very old people
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Environmental barriers, person-environment fit and mortality among community-dwelling very old people
BACKGROUND Environmental barriers are associated with disability-related outcomes in older people but little is known of the effect of environmental barriers on mortality. The aim of this study was to examine whether objectively measured barriers in the outdoor, entrance and indoor environments are associated with mortality among community-dwelling 80- to 89-year-old single-living people. MET...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Public Health
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1471-2458
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-783