Functional limitations among older American Indians and Alaska natives: Findings from the Census 2000 supplementary survey

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 95, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1945-1948

  Fuller Thomson, Esme ^a   Minkler, Meredith ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISABILITY; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CENSUSES; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; INUITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 27644555228     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2004.053462     Document Type: Article

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