Reductions in disability prevalence among the highest income groups of older Brazilians

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 81-86

  Parahyba, Maria Isabel ^a   Stevens, Kara ^b   Henley, William ^b   Lang, Iain A ^b   Melzer, David ^b  

^a INSTITUTO BRASILEIRO DE GEOGRAFIA E ESTATÍSTICA   (Brazil)

^b PENINSULA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAZIL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCOME; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 58149252153     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2007.130708     Document Type: Article

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