Disability trends in gender and race groups of early retirement ages in the USA

Sozial- und Praventivmedizin

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 142-151

  Arbeev, Konstantin G ^a,b   Butov, Alexander A ^b   Manton, Kenneth G ^c   Sannikov, Igor A ^b   Yashin, Anatoli ^a,c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b ULYANOVSK STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disability; Gender; National long term care surveys; Race; Retirement

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; RACE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETIREMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; RETIREMENT; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2542439753     PISSN: 03038408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00038-004-3041-y     Document Type: Article

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