The psychosocial versus material hypothesis to explain observed inequality in disability among older adults: Data from the West of Scotland Twenty-07 Study

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 60, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 974-980

  Adamson, Joy A ^a   Ebrahim, Shah ^a   Hunt, Kate ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CENSUS; COHORT ANALYSIS; DATA SET; FINANCIAL SERVICES; HEALTH STATUS; LOGISTICS; OCCUPATION; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SURVEY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; ELDERLY CARE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; JOB CHARACTERISTICS; LIFESTYLE; MORBIDITY; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

COMORBIDITY; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONS; POVERTY; RISK FACTORS; SCOTLAND; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33750621483     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2005.044768     Document Type: Article

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