Do lifestyle, health and social participation mediate educational inequalities in frailty worsening?

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 345-350

  Etman, Astrid ^a   Kamphuis, Carlijn B M ^a   Van Der Cammen, Tischa J M ^a,b,c   Burdorf, Alex ^a   Van Lenthe, Frank J ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b BRIGHTON AND SUSSEX MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c FACULTY OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN ENGINEERING   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPE; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGED; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPE; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION;

EID: 84926647584     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/cku093     Document Type: Article

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