Prevalence and impact of risk factors for lower body difficulty among Mexican Americans African Americans, and Whites

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 1997, Pages

  Clark, Daniel O ^a,b   Mungai, Simon M ^b   Stump, Timothy E ^b   Wolinsky, Fredric D ^c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b REGENSTRIEF INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; DEMOGRAPHY; DISABILITY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; LEG; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; PAIN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT;

EID: 0030949797     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/52A.2.M97     Document Type: Article

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