Gender differences in mobility disability during young, middle and older age in West African adults

Global Public Health

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 495-508

  Miszkurka, Malgorzata ^a   Zunzunegui, Maria Victoria ^a   Langlois, Étienne V ^a   Freeman, Ellen E ^b   Kouanda, Seni ^c   Haddad, Slim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b MAISONNEUVE ROSEMONT HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c Public Health Research Institute for Health Sciences   (Burkina Faso)

Author keywords

chronic disease symptoms; gender; mobility disability; premature ageing; West Africa

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BACKACHE; BURKINA FASO; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALI; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SENEGAL; SENESCENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN AREA; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA, WESTERN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; BENCHMARKING; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILITY LIMITATION; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859651000     PISSN: 17441692     EISSN: 17441706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17441692.2011.630676     Document Type: Article

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