Perceived neighborhood safety and incident mobility disability among elders: The hazards of poverty

BMC Public Health

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Clark, Cheryl R ^a,b,c   Kawachi, Ichiro ^d   Ryan, Louise ^d   Ertel, Karen ^d   Fay, Martha E ^d   Berkman, Lisa F ^d  

^a Department of Family Medicine   (United States)

^b Women's Faulkner Hospitalist Program   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY LIVING; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIME; DISABILITY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; INCOME; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POVERTY; RETIREMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE; AGE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PERCEPTION; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; WALKING; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; CONNECTICUT; CRIME; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOBILITY LIMITATION; PERCEPTION; POVERTY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY; WALKING;

EID: 67650649504     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-162     Document Type: Article

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