Perceived neighborhood safety and incident mobility disability among elders: the hazards of poverty

• Main Authors: Fay Martha E (Author), Ertel Karen (Author), Ryan Louise (Author), Kawachi Ichiro (Author), Clark Cheryl R (Author), Berkman Lisa F (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2009-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>We investigated whether lack of perceived neighborhood safety due to crime, or living in high crime neighborhoods was associated with incident mobility disability in elderly populations. We hypothesized that low-income elders and eld...