The contributions of race, individual socioeconomic status, and neighborhood socioeconomic context on the self-rated health trajectories and mortality of older adults

Research on Aging

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 251-273

  Li, Yao ^a   Robert, Stephanie A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Health trajectories; Neighborhood context; Racial disparities; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

EID: 38849103768     PISSN: 01640275     EISSN: 15527573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0164027507311155     Document Type: Article

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