Daily temporal self-care responses to osteoarthritis symptoms by older African Americans and whites

Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 319-337

  Silverman, Myrna ^a   Nutini, Jean ^a   Musa, Donald ^a   King, Jennifer ^a   Albert, Steve ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Chronic disease; Osteoarthritis; Self care

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; SELF CARE; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PENNSYLVANIA; SELF CARE;

EID: 56749105773     PISSN: 01693816     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10823-008-9082-6     Document Type: Article

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