Examining the lag time between state-level income inequality and individual disabilities: A multilevel analysis

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 98, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2187-2190

  Gadalla, Tahany M ^a   Fuller Thomson, Esme ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; DISABILITY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCOME; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; ODDS RATIO; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; POVERTY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RESIDENTIAL MOBILITY; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 57149098779     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2008.134940     Document Type: Article

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