Transitions among disability levels or death in African American and White older women

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 670-674

  Thorpe Jr , Roland J ^a   Weiss, Carlos ^b   Xue, Qian Li ^b   Fried, Linda ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Mobility disability; Preclinical disability; Racial disparities; Walking

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY SAMPLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEATH; EDUCATION; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; WALKING; CAUCASIAN; DISABILITY; ETHNOLOGY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SURVEY; MORTALITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; BALTIMORE; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEALTH TRANSITION; HUMANS; MORTALITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; WALKING; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 66149096189     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glp010     Document Type: Article

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