Intra-urban differences in vulnerability among the elderly population;Diferenciais intra-urbanos de vulnerabilidade da população idosa

Cadernos de Saude Publica

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2307-2315

  Braga, Luciana de Souza ^a   Macinko, James ^b   Proietti, Fernando Augusto ^a   César, Cibele Comini ^a   Lima Costa, Maria Fernanda ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aged; Health services; Health vulnerability; Urban health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

BRAZIL; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 79251537130     PISSN: 0102311X     EISSN: 16784464     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0102-311X2010001200009     Document Type: Article

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