Physical functioning in older blacks: An exploratory study identifying psychosocial and clinical predictors

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 98, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1114-1120

  Baker, Tamara A ^a   Whitfield, Keith E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Elderly; Pain; Physical functioning; Race ethnicity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEGRO; PAIN; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; BALTIMORE; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT;

EID: 33746767588     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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