Racial disparities in disability: Recent evidence from self-reported and performance-based disability measures in a population-based study of older adults

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2005, Pages

  Mendes De Leon, Carlos F ^a,b   Barnes, Lisa L ^b,c   Bienias, Julia L ^a,b   Skarupski, Kimberly A ^a,b   Evans, Denis A ^a,b  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHILDHOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATION; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 24144463843     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/60.5.S263     Document Type: Article

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