Health disparities among adults with developmental disabilities, adults with other disabilities, and adults not reporting disability in North Carolina

Public Health Reports

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 418-426

  Havercamp, Susan M ^a,c   Scandlin, Donna ^b,c   Roth, Marcia ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NC Office on Disability and Health   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARE; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; EMOTION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SITTING; SMOKING; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; BREAST TUMOR; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISABLED PERSON; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH SERVICE; LIFESTYLE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHRONIC DISEASE; DENTAL HEALTH SURVEYS; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 3242688874     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phr.2004.05.006     Document Type: Article

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