Trends and inequalities in late-life health and functioning in England

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 66, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 874-880

  Martin, Linda G ^a   Schoeni, Robert F ^b   Andreski, Patricia M ^b   Jagge, Carol ^c  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE PREVALENCE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH SURVEY; MOBILITY; PROTEIN; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABLED PERSON; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; SELF CARE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABLED PERSONS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PREVALENCE; SELF CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84866035969     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech-2011-200251     Document Type: Article

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