JAMDA
Volume 13, Issue 2 , Pages 100-102 , February 2012

Light Therapy for Seniors in Long Term Care

  • Michael Royer, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Architectural Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
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  • Noel H. Ballentine, MD, FACP

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, The Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, PA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Noel H. Ballentine, MD, FACP, Division of General Internal Medicine, Penn State Hershey Medical Center, P.O. Box 850, Hershey, PA 17033–0850.
    • ,
  • Paul J. Eslinger, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, College of Medicine, Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, The Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, PA
    • ,
  • Kevin Houser, PhD, PE, LC, LEED AP

      Affiliations

    • Department of Architectural Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
    • ,
  • Richard Mistrick, PhD, PE

      Affiliations

    • Department of Architectural Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
    • ,
  • Richard Behr, PhD, PE

      Affiliations

    • Department of Architectural Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
    • ,
  • Kirk Rakos, MEd/CTRS

      Affiliations

    • Masonic Villages, Elizabethtown, PA

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 This project was funded by the Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute at Penn State University.

PII: S1525-8610(11)00195-2

doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2011.05.006

JAMDA
Volume 13, Issue 2 , Pages 100-102 , February 2012

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