Relationship between Chronic Conditions and Disability in African American Men and Women

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 90-98

  Thorpe, Roland J ^a   Wynn, Anastasia J ^b   Walker, Janiece L ^c   Smolen, Jenny R ^b   Cary, Michael P ^a   Szanton, Sarah L ^a   Whitfield, Keith E ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; chronic conditions; disability; health disparities; men

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC DISEASE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; NEOPLASM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGING; CAUCASIAN; CHRONIC PAIN; COMORBIDITY; COMPLICATION; DISABLED PERSON; ETHNOLOGY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MARYLAND; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGING; BALTIMORE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC PAIN; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DISABLED PERSONS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84960924847     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: 19434693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnma.2015.12.012     Document Type: Article

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