Racial similarities and differences in predictors of mobility change over eighteen months

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1118-1126

  Allman, Richard M ^a   Baker, Patricia Sawyer ^a,b   Maisiak, Richard M ^a   Sims, Richard V ^a   Roseman, Jeffrey M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Aging; Function; Health disparities; Minority health; Mobility

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; AGED; ANAMNESIS; APPETITE; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC DISORDER; GOUT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; KIDNEY DISEASE; MALE; NEUROPATHY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATIENT MOBILITY; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STROKE; TIME;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 9344237122     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1497.2004.30239.x     Document Type: Article

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