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SUBMITTER: Brown TH
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3668643 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Brown Tyson H TH O'Rand Angela M AM Adkins Daniel E DE
Journal of health and social behavior 20120901 3
Racial-ethnic disparities in static levels of health are well documented. Less is known about racial-ethnic differences in age trajectories of health. The few studies on this topic have examined only single health outcomes and focused on black-white disparities. This study extends prior research by using a life course perspective, panel data from the Health and Retirement Study, and multilevel growth curve models to investigate racial-ethnic differences in the trajectories of serious conditions ...[more]