Racial disparities in olfactory loss among older adults in the United States

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 69 A, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 323-329

  Pinto, Jayant M ^a   Schumm, Ludwig Philip ^b   Wroblewski, Kristen E ^b   Kern, David W ^c   McClintock, Martha K ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Gender; Olfaction; Race disparity

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; AGED; AGING; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; COGNITION; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GENDER.; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; RACE DISPARITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMELLING; SMELLING DISORDER; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

AGING; GENDER.; OLFACTION; RACE DISPARITY;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANXIETY; COGNITION; COMORBIDITY; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; OLFACTION DISORDERS; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84896693661     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: 1758535X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glt063     Document Type: Article

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