Onset of mobility limitations in old age: The combined effect of socioeconomic position and social relations

Age and Ageing

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 607-614

  Nilsson, Charlotte Juul ^a   Avlund, Kirsten ^a,b   Lund, Rikke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Living alone; Older people; Onset of mobility limitations; Social participation; Socioeconomic position

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DANISH; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FINANCE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOME CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESIDENTIAL HOME; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL STATUS; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; DENMARK; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MOBILITY LIMITATION; ODDS RATIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 80051720815     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afr073     Document Type: Article

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