The color of hospitalization over the adult life course: Cumulative disadvantage in black and white?

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2006, Pages

  Ferraro, Kenneth F ^a,b   Thorpe Jr , Roland J ^d   McCabe, George P ^a,c   Kelley Moore, Jessica A ^e   Jiang, Zhen ^f  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^f Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CUMULATIVE DISADVANTAGE THEORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE DISTRIBUTION; HOSPITAL BED UTILIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACISM; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33751562474     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/61.6.S299     Document Type: Article

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