Transportation difficulty of black and white rural older adults

Journal of Applied Gerontology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 70-88

  Park, Nan Sook ^a   Roff, Lucinda L ^a   Sun, Fei ^a   Parker, Michael W ^a   Klemmack, David L ^a   Sawyer, Patricia ^b   Allman, Richard M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Black and White older adults; Rural; Transportation difficulty

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INCOME; MARRIAGE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; RACE DIFFERENCE; RURAL AREA; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT;

EID: 76149140081     PISSN: 07334648     EISSN: 15524523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0733464809335597     Document Type: Article

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