The UAB study of aging: Background and insights into life-space mobility among older Americans in rural and urban settings

Aging Health

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 417-429

  Allman, Richard M ^a   Sawyer, Patricia ^b   Roseman, Jeffrey M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Function; Gender; Health; Minority; Mobility; Prospective study; Rural; Southeastern USA; Transportation

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DIZZINESS; DYSPNEA; EDUCATION; ELDERLY CARE; FALLING; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCOME; INCONTINENCE; INTERVIEW; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL HEALTH; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MOBILIZATION; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PAIN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOMNOLENCE; SYMPTOM; SYNCOPE; UNITED STATES; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; WALKING; WALKING AID; WALKING SPEED;

EID: 33744800347     PISSN: 1745509X     EISSN: 17455103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/1745509X.2.3.417     Document Type: Article

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