Sensory impairments and subjective well-being among aged African American persons

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2001, Pages

  Bazargan, M ^a   Baker, R S ^a   Bazargan, S H ^a  

^a CHARLES R DREW UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEARING AID; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MALE; MINORITY GROUP; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEGRO; NORMAL HUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTACLES; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WELLBEING;

EID: 0034847534     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/56.5.P268     Document Type: Article

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