Neighborhood characteristics and disability in older adults

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 252-257

  Beard, John R ^a,b,c   Blaney, Shannon ^a   Cerda, Magda ^a,d   Frye, Victoria ^a   Lovasi, Gina S ^e   Ompad, Danielle ^a   Rundle, Andrew ^f   Vlahov, David ^a  

^a NEW YORK ACADEMY OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN DEARBORN   (United States)

^e Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^f NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Disability; Elderly; Environment; Neighborhood

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACISM; RESIDENTIAL AREA; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL STATUS; CRIME; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISABILITY; DISABLED PERSON; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FEMALE; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CONTROL; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

AGED; CRIME; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEW YORK CITY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CONTROL, INFORMAL; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 64149094311     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbn018     Document Type: Article

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