Community-level socio-economic status and cognitive and functional impairment in the older population

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 48-54

  Basta, Nicole E ^a   Matthews, Fiona E ^b   Chatfield, Mark D ^c   Brayne, Carol ^b  

^a FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Area effects; Cognitive impairment; Functional impairment; MRC CFAS; Socio economic status

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOCIAL STATUS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COGNITION DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; POVERTY AREAS; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 38549153912     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckm076     Document Type: Article

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