Educational inequalities in the prevalence and incidence of disability in Italy and the Netherlands were observed

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 58, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1058.e1-1058.e10

  Huisman, Martijn ^a   Kunst, Anton ^a   Deeg, Dorly ^b   Grigoletto, Francesco ^c   Nusselder, Wilma ^a   Mackenbach, Johan ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Disability; Old age; Performance tests; Self report; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISABILITY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERVIEW; ITALY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 24944569297     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2004.12.011     Document Type: Article

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