Racial Differences in Health Status and Health Behaviors of Older Adults

Nursing Research

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 243-250

  Kim, Jin Sun ^a   Bramlett, Martha H ^b   Wright, Lore K ^a   Poon, Leonard W ^c  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Health behaviors; Older adults; Racial differences

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNOLOGY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GEORGIA; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCOME; LOGISTIC MODELS; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0032111475     PISSN: 00296562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006199-199807000-00010     Document Type: Article

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