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International Journal of Nursing & Clinical Practices Volume 4 (2017), Article ID 4:IJNCP-266, 3 pages
https://doi.org/10.15344/2394-4978/2017/266
Original Article
The Effect of a Horticultural Activities Program for the Community Elderly

Junko Masuya1* , Kikuko Ota2 and Yuriko Mashida2

1Faculty of Health Sciences, Tokyo Metropolitan University, 7-2-10, Higashiogu, Arakawa-ku, Tokyo 116-8551, Japan
2Faculty of Nursing and Medical Care, Keio University, 4411, Endo, Fujisawa-shi, Kanagawa 252-082, Japan
Dr. Junko Masuya, Faculty of Health Sciences, Tokyo Metropolitan University, 7-2-10, Higashiogu, Arakawa-ku, Tokyo 116-8551, Japan; E-mail: masuya@tmu.ac.jp
21 December 2017; 27 December 2017; 29 December 2017
Masuya J, Ota K, Mashida Y (2017) The Effect of a Horticultural Activities Program for the Community Elderly. Int J Nurs Clin Pract 4: 266. doi: https://doi.org/10.15344/2394-4978/2017/266
© 2017 Masuya et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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