Toward understanding ethnic differences in late-life disability

Research on Aging

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 292-309

  Jette, Alan M ^a,c   Crawford, Sybil L ^b   Tennstedt, Sharon L ^a,b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW ENGLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

^c Ctr on Res in Applied Gerontology

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL CAPACITY;

EID: 0029811398     PISSN: 01640275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0164027596183002     Document Type: Article

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