Black-white disparity in disability: The role of medical conditions

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 844-850

  Whitson, Heather E ^a,b,c   Hastings, S Nicole ^a,b,c   Landerman, Lawrence R ^a   Fillenbaum, Gerda G ^a   Cohen, Harvey J ^a,b   Johnson, Kimberly S ^a,b,c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

aged; comorbidity; function; health disparity; race

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISABILITY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH STATUS; HEART INFARCTION; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RURAL AREA; SELF REPORT; SHORT PORTABLE MENTAL STATUS QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN AREA; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABLED PERSONS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 79956031886     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2011.03401.x     Document Type: Article

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