Racial differences in mortality in older adults: Factors beyond socioeconomic status

Annals of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 29-38

  Thorpe Jr , Roland J ^a   Koster, Annemarie ^b,c   Bosma, Hans ^b   Harris, Tamara B ^c   Simonsick, Eleanor M ^c,d   Van Eijk, Jacques Th M ^b   Kempen, Gertrudis I J M ^b   Newman, Anne B ^e   Satterfield, Suzanne ^f   Rubin, Susan M ^g   Kritchevsky, Stephen B ^h  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Behavior; Mortality; Older adults; Psychosocial; Race; SES

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL CLASS;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; LIFE STYLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MORTALITY; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 84863724036     PISSN: 08836612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12160-011-9335-4     Document Type: Article

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