Urban built environments and trajectories of mobility disability: Findings from a national sample of community-dwelling American adults (1986-2001)

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 964-970

  Clarke, Philippa ^a   Ailshire, Jennifer A ^a   Lantz, Paula ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Built environment; Disability; Mobility; Trajectories; USA

Indexed keywords

AGING POPULATION; GROWTH CURVE; LOGISTICS; MOBILITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; RISK FACTOR; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; ILLNESS TRAJECTORY; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTORIZED TRANSPORT; PEDESTRIAN; RISK REDUCTION; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; URBAN POPULATION; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CITIES; DISABLED PERSONS; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILITY LIMITATION; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 69449096676     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.06.041     Document Type: Article

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