Socio-demographic correlates of mobility disability in older Brazilians: Results of the first national survey

Age and Ageing

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 253-259

  Melzer, David ^a   Parahyba, Maria Isabel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Disability; Older people; Socio economic status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CLIMBING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENDER; GERIATRIC DISORDER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RESIDENTIAL HOME; RURAL AREA; SELF CARE; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; WALKING;

AGED; BRAZIL; DEMOGRAPHY; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 2442488769     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afh075     Document Type: Article

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