Black-white differences in disability and morbidity in the last years of life

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 149, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1097-1103

  Liao, Youlian ^a   McGee, Daniel L ^a   Cao, Guichan ^a   Cooper, Richard S ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Blacks; Cohort studies; Disability evaluation; Education; Morbidity; Racial stocks; Social class

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BED REST; CHRONIC DISEASE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISABILITY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PATIENT COUNSELING; QUALITY OF LIFE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 0033564034     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009763     Document Type: Article

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