Education, income, and functional limitation transitions among American adults: Contrasting onset and progression

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1089-1097

  Zimmer, Zachary ^a   House, James S ^b  

^a POPULATION COUNCIL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living; Adults; Ageing; Limitation of activity; Social class

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; HEALTH STATUS; INCOME; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATION; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STATUS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; AGING; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCOME; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0347286798     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyg254     Document Type: Article

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