Relationship between wealth and age trajectories of walking speed among older adultsL: Evidence from the english longitudinal studyof ageing

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 68, Issue 12 A, 2013, Pages 1525-1531

  Zaninotto, Paola ^a   Sacker, Amanda ^b   Head, Jenny ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age trajectories; Aging vector; Walking speed; Wealth

Indexed keywords

AGE TRAJECTORIES; AGED; AGING; AGING VECTOR; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DISABLED PERSON; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM; WALKING; WALKING DIFFICULTY; WALKING SPEED; WEALTH.; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGE TRAJECTORIES; AGING VECTOR; WALKING SPEED; WEALTH.;

AGED; AGING; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILITY LIMITATION; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WALKING;

EID: 84891591618     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: 1758535X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glt058     Document Type: Article

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