The mobility gap between older men and women: The embodiment of gender

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 140-148

  Zunzunegui, M V ^a   Alvarado, B E ^b   Guerra, R ^c   Gomez J F ^d   Ylli, A ^e   Guralnik, J M ^f   Freeman E E , ^a   Karna G , ^a   Deshpande N , ^b   Garcia A , ^b   Kotecha J , ^b   Philips S , ^b   Curcio C L , ^d   Freire A , ^c   Qirjako G , ^g  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE CALDAS   (Colombia)

^e National Institute of Albanian Health   (Albania)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g Albanian National Institute of Public Health   (Albania)

Author keywords

Aging; Disability; Gender; International; Mobility; Physical function

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ALBANIA; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CANADA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLIMBING; COLOMBIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY SEVERITY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL MOBILITY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; VERY ELDERLY; WALKING; WALKING DIFFICULTY; DISABILITY; DISABLED PERSON; GENDER IDENTITY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BRAZIL; CANADA; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOBILITY LIMITATION; PREVALENCE; QUEBEC; RISK FACTORS; SELF REPORT; SEX FACTORS; WALKING;

EID: 84938215172     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: 18726976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2015.06.005     Document Type: Article

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