Life course, gender and ethnic inequalities in functional disability in a Brazilian urban elderly population

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 53-61

  Guerra, Ricardo O ^a   Alvarado, Beatriz Eugenia ^b   Zunzunegui, Maria Victoria ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living; Aging; Gender; Inequalities

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BATH; CENTRAL AMERICA; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; EATING; EDUCATION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH; HUMAN; HUNGER; INCOME; LIFE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; OCCUPATION; POVERTY; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; WALKING; WELLBEING;

EID: 40849096208     PISSN: 15940667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03324748     Document Type: Article

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