Neighborhoods and disability in later life

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2253-2267

  Freedman, Vicki A ^a   Grafova, Irina B ^a   Schoeni, Robert F ^b   Rogowski, Jeannette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Disability; Neighborhoods; USA

Indexed keywords

AGING; DISABILITY; ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; LOGISTICS; NEIGHBORHOOD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; DISABILITY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; RISK REDUCTION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

AGING; DISABLED PERSONS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL CONDITIONS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 42949122703     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2008.01.013     Document Type: Article

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