Health-Related Quality of Life in Middle-Aged African Americans

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2004, Pages

  Wolinsky, Fredric D ^a   Miller, Douglas K ^b,c   Andresen, Elena M ^d   Malmstrom, Theodore K ^b   Miller, J Philip ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Geriatric Research   (United States)

^d SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULT DISEASE; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; COVARIANCE; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EVALUATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GRIP STRENGTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HEARING; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS; VISION;

EID: 1542283666     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/59.2.S118     Document Type: Article

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