Socioeconomic and ethnic differences in disease burden and disparities in physical function in older adults

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 101, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1322-1329

  Louie, Grant H ^a,b   Ward, Michael M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ARTHRITIS AND MUSCULOSKELETAL AND SKIN DISEASES   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; COST OF ILLNESS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; NEGRO; NUTRITION; POVERTY; PROBABILITY; RISK; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; COST OF ILLNESS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MARKOV CHAINS; NUTRITION SURVEYS; ODDS RATIO; POVERTY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79958826420     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2010.199455     Document Type: Article

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