Black-white differences in risk of becoming disabled and recovering from disability in old age: A longitudinal analysis of two epese populations

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 145, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 488-497

  De Mendes Leon, Carlos F ^a,b   Beckett, Laurel A ^b   Fillenbaum, Gerda G ^c   Brock, Dwight B ^d   Branch, Laurence G ^c   Evans, Denis A ^b   Berkman, Lisa F ^e  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d and Kidney Diseases   (United States)

^e HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

blacks; disabled; logistic models; longitudinal studies; whites

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; ETHNIC GROUP; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF CARE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 0003763328     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009136     Document Type: Article

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