Gender differences in physical disability among older adults in underprivileged communities in Lebanon

Journal of Aging and Health

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 367-382

  Al Hazzouri, Adina Zeki ^a   Sibai, Abla Mehio ^b   Chaaya, Monique ^b   Mahfoud, Ziyad ^b   Yount, Kathryn M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living (ADL); Gender differences; Lebanon; Older adults; Physical disability

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABLED PERSON; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; LEBANON; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOMETRY; RISK; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LEBANON; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOMETRICS; SELF REPORT; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 79953893916     PISSN: 08982643     EISSN: 15526887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0898264310385454     Document Type: Article

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