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Toward understanding ethnic differences in late-life disability
Author(s)Alan M Jette, Sybil Crawford, Sharon L Tennstedt
Journal titleResearch on Aging, vol 18, no 3, September 1996
Pagespp 292-309
KeywordsPhysical disabilities ; White people ; Black African ; Black Caribbean ; United States of America.
AnnotationExamines the hypothesis that ethnic differences in late-life disability would be observed, and be attributed to differences in physical capacity versus measurement error or cultural response to disabling disease. Puerto Rican and African American older adults reported significantly more disability than Whites., Observed ethnic differences in disability were attributed to functional limitations.
Accession NumberCPA-961016002 A
ClassmarkBN: TKA: TKF: TKG: 7T

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