Ronica N Rooks

Summary

Affiliation: University of Michigan
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi The association of race and socioeconomic status with cardiovascular disease indicators among older adults in the health, aging, and body composition study
    Ronica N Rooks
    Laboratory of Epidemiology, National Institute on Aging, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
    J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 57:S247-56. 2002
  2. ncbi Racial differences in glycemic control in a well-functioning older diabetic population: findings from the Health, Aging and Body Composition Study
    Nathalie de Rekeneire
    Laboratory of Epidemiology, Demography and Biometry, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892 9205, USA
    Diabetes Care 26:1986-92. 2003
  3. ncbi Limited literacy in older people and disparities in health and healthcare access
    Rebecca L Sudore
    Department of Medicine, Division of Geriatrics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
    J Am Geriatr Soc 54:770-6. 2006
  4. ncbi Is there a biomedical explanation for socioeconomic differences in incident mobility limitation?
    Annemarie Koster
    Department of Health Care Studies, Section Medical Sociology, Universiteit Maastricht, Maastricht, The Netherlands
    J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 60:1022-7. 2005

Detail Information

Publications4

  1. ncbi The association of race and socioeconomic status with cardiovascular disease indicators among older adults in the health, aging, and body composition study
    Ronica N Rooks
    Laboratory of Epidemiology, National Institute on Aging, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
    J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 57:S247-56. 2002
    ..But, accounting for a broad interpretation of socioeconomic status (SES) (i.e., education, family income, home ownership, and other assets) would reduce these differences...
  2. ncbi Racial differences in glycemic control in a well-functioning older diabetic population: findings from the Health, Aging and Body Composition Study
    Nathalie de Rekeneire
    Laboratory of Epidemiology, Demography and Biometry, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892 9205, USA
    Diabetes Care 26:1986-92. 2003
    ..We further hypothesized that the association of race with poorer glycemic control would be limited to those with lower education or lower income...
  3. ncbi Limited literacy in older people and disparities in health and healthcare access
    Rebecca L Sudore
    Department of Medicine, Division of Geriatrics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
    J Am Geriatr Soc 54:770-6. 2006
    ..To determine the relationship between health literacy, demographics, and access to health care...
  4. ncbi Is there a biomedical explanation for socioeconomic differences in incident mobility limitation?
    Annemarie Koster
    Department of Health Care Studies, Section Medical Sociology, Universiteit Maastricht, Maastricht, The Netherlands
    J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 60:1022-7. 2005
    ..This study examines the association between socioeconomic status and incident mobility limitation in well-functioning older adults, and seeks to determine whether this link could be explained by biomedical factors...