Self-reported health, functional status and chronic disease in community dwelling older adults: Untangling the role of demographics

Journal of Community Health

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 135-141

  Banerjee, Deborah ^a   Perry, Mark ^a   Tran, Dinh ^a   Arafat, Raouf ^b  

^a Houston Department of Health and Human Services   (United States)

^b Office of Surveillance and Public Health Preparedness   (United States)

Author keywords

Community health; Health disparities; Minorities; Older adults; Self reported health

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONSUMER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TEXAS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 77950602853     PISSN: 00945145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10900-009-9208-y     Document Type: Article

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