Racial and educational disparities in mobility limitation among older women: What is the role of modifiable risk factors?

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 772-783

  Latham, Kenzie ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Health and Retirement Study; Mobility disparities; Mobility limitation; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLACK PERSON; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH AND RETIREMENT STUDY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILITY DISPARITIES; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RETIREMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK FACTORS.; UNITED STATES; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

HEALTH AND RETIREMENT STUDY; MOBILITY DISPARITIES; MOBILITY LIMITATION; RISK FACTORS.;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY MASS INDEX; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILITY LIMITATION; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OVERWEIGHT; RETIREMENT; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84906273479     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbu028     Document Type: Article

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