Gender and life course occupational social class differences in trajectories of functional limitations in midlife: Findings from the 1946 british birth cohort

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 66 A, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1350-1359

  Murray, Emily T ^a,b   Hardy, Rebecca ^a   Strand, Bjørn Heine ^a,b   Cooper, Rachel ^a   Guralnik, Jack M ^b   Kuh, Diana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

Functional limitations; Gender; Longitudinal studies; Middle aged; Social class

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISABLED PERSON; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; DISABLED PERSONS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 81055147585     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: 1758535X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glr139     Document Type: Article

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