Social determinants of sex differences in disability among older adults: a multi-country decomposition analysis using the World Health Survey
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Introduction</p> <p>Women represent a growing proportion of older people and experience increasing disability in their longer lives. Using a universally agreed definition of disability based on the International Classification of Functioning, Disabili...
Main Authors: | Hosseinpoor Ahmad, Williams Jennifer, Jann Ben, Kowal Paul, Officer Alana, Posarac Aleksandra, Chatterji Somnath |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2012-09-01
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Series: | International Journal for Equity in Health |
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Online Access: | http://www.equityhealthj.com/content/11/1/52 |
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