Are features of the neighborhood environment associated with disability in older adults?

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 639-645

  White, Daniel K ^a   Jette, Alan M ^b   Felson, David T ^a   Lavalley, Michael P ^c   Lewis, Cora E ^d   Torner, James C ^e   Nevitt, Michael C ^f   Keysor, Julie J ^g  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Health and Disability Research Institute   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disability; Elderly; Environment; Functional limitation; Osteoarthritis

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CITY PLANNING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSTRUCTION WORK AND ARCHITECTURAL PHENOMENA; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISABLED PERSON; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; UNITED STATES;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; ALABAMA; ARCHITECTURAL ACCESSIBILITY; CITY PLANNING; DISABLED PERSONS; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; IOWA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 77749295445     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09638280903254547     Document Type: Article

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