Do socioeconomic health differences persist in nonagenarians?

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 837-847

  Enroth, Linda ^a,b   Raitanen, Jani ^b,c   Hervonen, Antti ^a,b   Jylhä, Marja ^a,b  

^a University of Tampere   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^c UKK INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH PROMOTION RESEARCH   (Finland)

Author keywords

Comorbidity; Functional health status; Health disparities; Oldest old; Self rated health; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FINLAND; FUNCTIONAL HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; OLDEST-OLD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF-RATED HEALTH; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS.; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; VERY ELDERLY;

COMORBIDITY; FUNCTIONAL HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH DISPARITIES; OLDEST-OLD; SELF-RATED HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS.;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84882800099     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbt067     Document Type: Article

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