Socioeconomic position and incident mobility impairment in the Cardiovascular Health Study
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Socioeconomic position and incident mobility impairment in the Cardiovascular Health Study
BACKGROUND We investigated if personal socioeconomic position (SEP) factors and neighborhood characteristics were associated with incident mobility impairment in the elderly. METHODS We used data from the Cardiovascular Health Study, a longitudinal, population-based examination of coronary heart disease and stroke among persons aged 65 and older in the United States. RESULTS Among 3,684 per...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Geriatrics
سال: 2007
ISSN: 1471-2318
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2318-7-11