Cross-national comparison of disability in Latin American and Caribbean persons aged 75 and older

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 21-33

  Reyes Ortiz, Carlos A ^a   Ostir, Glenn V ^a   Pelaez, Martha ^b   Ottenbacher, Kenneth J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^b PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross national comparisons; Disability prevalence in elderly; Latin America and Caribbean; SABE Study

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CENTRAL AMERICA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISABILITY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CARIBBEAN REGION; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LATIN AMERICA; MALE; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 27644492389     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2005.06.006     Document Type: Article

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