Explanations of socioeconomic differences in changes in physical function in older adults: Results from the Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam

BMC Public Health

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Koster, Annemarie ^a   Bosma, Hans ^a   Broese Van Groenou, Marjolein I ^b   Kempen, Gertrudis I J M ^a   Penninx, Brenda W J H ^c,d   Van Eijk, Jacques Th M ^a   Deeg, Dorly J H ^d  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; AGE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FITNESS; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; LIFESTYLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PATHOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL CLASS; VERY ELDERLY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INCOME; LIFE STYLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PHYSICAL FITNESS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 33750456557     PISSN: 14712458     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-6-244     Document Type: Article

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