Ethnic Differences in Disability Prevalence and Their Determinants Studied over a 20-Year Period: A Cohort Study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Williams, Emily D ^a   Tillin, Therese ^a   Whincup, Peter ^b   Forouhi, Nita G ^c   Chaturvedi, Nishi ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADL DISABILITY; ADULT; AFRICAN CARIBBEAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; EUROPEAN; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INDIAN ASIAN; LOCOMOTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; DISABLED PERSONS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84866980750     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0045602     Document Type: Article

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