Gender and transportation access among community-dwelling seniors

Canadian Journal on Aging

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 149-158

  Dupuis, Josette ^a   Weiss, Deborah R ^b   Wolfson, Christina ^b  

^a Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Community Studies

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Elderly; Health status; Mobility; Transportation; Urban; Women

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BIVARIATE ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL WELFARE; URBAN POPULATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUEBEC; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 34548309082     PISSN: 07149808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3138/cja.26.2.149     Document Type: Article

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