Open AccessRacial/Ethnic Differences in the Development of Disability Among Older Adults
Author(s) -
Dorothy D. Dunlop,
Jing Song,
Larry M. Manheim,
Martha L. Daviglus,
Rowland W. Chang
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2006.106047
Subject(s) - ethnic group , medicine , socioeconomic status , gerontology , hazard ratio , confidence interval , demographics , demography , public health , health equity , population , environmental health , sociology , anthropology , nursing
We investigated differences in the development of disability in activities of daily living among non-Hispanic Whites, African Americans, Hispanics interviewed in Spanish, and Hispanics interviewed in English.