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Evaluating home environments of persons with dementia: interrater reliability and validity of the Home Environmental Assessment Protocol (HEAP)

L. N. Gitlin Community and Homecare Research Division, College of Health Professions, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia PA, USA
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S. Schinfeld Department of Health Care Sciences, School of Medicine and Health Science, George Washington University, USA
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L. Winter Community and Homecare Research Division, College of Health Professions, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia PA, USA
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M. Corcoran Community and Homecare Research Division, College of Health Professions, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia PA, USA
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A. A. Boyce Community and Homecare Research Division, Cornell University, USA
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W. Hauck Clinical Pharmacology, Division of Biostatistics, Thomas Jefferson University, USA
Pages 59-71 | Published online: 07 Jul 2009

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