Nursing home residents with multiple sclerosis: Comparisons of African American residents to white residents at admission

Multiple Sclerosis

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 660-667

  Buchanan, Robert J ^a   Martin, Raymond A ^b   Zuniga, Miguel ^c   Wang, Suojin ^d   Kim, MyungSuk ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; MDS; MS; Nursing facilities

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NURSING HOME; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; RACE DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NURSING HOMES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 9744258763     PISSN: 13524585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/1352458504ms1086oa     Document Type: Article

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