Disability among older people in a southern european city in 2006: Trends in gender and socioeconomic inequalities

Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 927-933

  Espelt, Albert ^a,b   Font Ribera, Laia ^c   Rodriguez Sanz, Maica ^a,b   Artazcoz, Lucía ^a,b   Ferrando, Josep ^a   Plaza, Aina ^d   Borrell, Carme ^a,b  

^a AGÈNCIA DE SALUT PÚBLICA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^c CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY CREAL   (Spain)

^d Servei Català de la Salut   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TREND STUDY; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CITIES; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPAIN;

EID: 77952341093     PISSN: 15409996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2009.1608     Document Type: Article

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