Neighborhood conditions and risk of incident lower-body functional limitations among middle-aged African Americans

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 163, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 450-458

  Schootman, Mario ^a   Andresen, Elena M ^b,c   Wolinsky, Fredric D ^d   Malmstrom, Theodore K ^e   Miller, J Philip ^a   Miller, Douglas K ^f  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^e SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f INDIANA UNIVERSITY CENTER FOR AGING RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Aging; Health status indicators; Questionnaires; Residence characteristics; Social environment

Indexed keywords

AGING; HEALTH STATUS; NEIGHBORHOOD;

ACCURACY; ADL DISABILITY; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY LIVING; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; TASK PERFORMANCE; AGING; BODY CONSTITUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; INCIDENCE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGING; BODY CONSTITUTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MISSOURI; MOBILITY LIMITATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 33645075210     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwj054     Document Type: Article

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