Black-white differences in health-related quality of life among older adults

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 287-296

  Skarupski, Kimberly A ^a,b   De Leon, Carlos F Mendes ^a,b   Bienias, Julia L ^a,b   Scherr, Paul A ^c   Zack, Matthew M ^c   Moriarty, David G ^c   Evans, Denis A ^a,b,d  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^d RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Health related quality of life; Older age; Quality of life; Racial differences

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; COGNITION; COMMUNITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK; SELF REPORT; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL STATUS;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 33846182596     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-006-9115-y     Document Type: Article

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