Life course determinants of racial and ethnic disparities in functional health trajectories

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 240-250

  Haas, Steven ^a   Rohlfsen, Leah ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ST LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disability; Health and Retirement Study (HRS); Health inequalities; Insults; Life course; Older people; Race; Socioeconomic status (SES); USA

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE; DISABILITY; ETHNIC CONFLICT; HEALTH CARE; RACIAL DISPARITY; RETIREMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH STATUS; HISPANIC; LIFESTYLE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 71849099520     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.10.003     Document Type: Article

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