Ethnic differences in physical performance in older Americans: Data from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (1988-1994)

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 139-144

  Al Snih, Soham ^a,b   Kaushik, Vinod ^a   Eschbach, Karl ^a,b   Markides, Kyriakos ^a,b  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Elderly; Ethnicity; NHANES III; Physical performance; Predictive factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BALANCE IMPAIRMENT; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GAIT; GERIATRICS; HEALTH SURVEY; HIP FRACTURE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEGRO; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PREVALENCE; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL ASPECT; STANDING; STROKE; WALKING;

EID: 44449168133     PISSN: 15940667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03324760     Document Type: Article

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