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List of works by Kenneth F Ferraro

A 3-D model of health decline: disease, disability, and depression among Black and White older adults

scientific article published on 01 December 2005

A half century of longitudinal methods in social gerontology: evidence of change in the journal

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A pedagogical strategy addressing an unmet need: Making the biology of aging an accessible part of interdisciplinary gerontology education

scientific article published on 19 October 2017

Accumulated financial strain and women's health over three decades.

scientific article published on 28 August 2012

Age and the Tenses of Life Satisfaction

scientific article published on May 23, 2013

Age, body mass index, and functional illness

scientific article published on 01 November 1999

Aging, Obesity, and Mortality: Misplaced Concern About Obese Older People?

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Are older people most afraid of crime? Reconsidering age differences in fear of victimization.

scientific article published in September 1992

Are racial disparities in health conditional on socioeconomic status?

scientific article published on 01 January 2005

Assistive device use as a dynamic acquisition process in later life

scientific article published on 27 January 2010

Beyond the barriers: racial discrimination and use of complementary and alternative medicine among Black Americans

scientific article published on 18 February 2012

Black and white chains of risk for hospitalization over 20 years

scientific article published on June 2008

Body mass index and disability in adulthood: a 20-year panel study

scientific article published on 01 May 2002

Child maltreatment and adult health in a national sample: heterogeneous relational contexts, divergent effects?

scientific article published on 04 September 2013

Childhood (Mis)fortune, Educational Attainment, and Adult Health: Contingent Benefits of a College Degree?

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Childhood Disadvantage and Health Problems in Middle and Later Life: Early Imprints on Physical Health?

scientific article published on 18 December 2015

Childhood Misfortune as a Threat to Successful Aging: Avoiding Disease

scientific article published on July 11, 2011

Childhood Misfortune, Personality, and Heart Attack: Does Personality Mediate Risk of Myocardial Infarction?

scientific article published on 12 March 2016

Children of misfortune: early adversity and cumulative inequality in perceived life trajectories

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Cohort analysis of retirement preparation, 1974-1981

scientific article published on 01 January 1990

Cohort change in images of older adults, 1974-1981

scientific article published on June 1, 1992

Contextualization of Survey Data: What Do We Gain and Does It Matter?

scientific article published on 10 August 2017

Cumulative Disadvantage and Health: Long-Term Consequences of Obesity?

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Digital technology use and depressive symptoms among older adults in Korea: beneficial for those who have fewer social interactions?

scientific article published on 02 November 2020

Distal and variably proximal causes: education, obesity, and health

scientific article published on 28 August 2011

Do productive activities reduce inflammation in later life? Multiple roles, frequency of activities, and C-reactive protein.

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Does Early-Life Misfortune Increase the Likelihood of Psychotropic Medication Use in Later Life?

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Does Religion Increase the Prevalence and Incidence of Obesity in Adulthood?

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Does childhood misfortune increase cancer risk in adulthood?

scientific article published on 4 July 2012

Does childhood misfortune raise the risk of acute myocardial infarction in adulthood?

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Does occupational mobility influence health among working women? Comparing objective and subjective measures of work trajectories

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Double jeopardy, aging as leveler, or persistent health inequality? A longitudinal analysis of white and black Americans

scientific article published on 01 November 1996

Early Origins of Adult Cancer Risk Among Men and Women

scientific article published on 27 September 2016

Early Social Origins of Biological Risks for Men and Women in Later Life

scientific article published on 18 November 2020

Environmental satisfaction, sociability, and well-being among urban elderly.

scientific article published on January 1983

Financial strain, social relations, and psychological distress among older people: a cross-cultural analysis.

scientific article published in January 1999

Functional Limitations and Religious Service Attendance in Later Life: Barrier and/or Benefit Mechanism?

scientific article published on November 1, 2001

Genetic and Environmental Overlap Between Childhood Maltreatment and Adult Physical Health

scientific article published on 01 October 2015

Gerontology education in transition: considering disciplinary and paradigmatic evolution.

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Gerontology's greatest hits

scientific article published on 01 January 2008

Health benefits of religion among Black and White older adults? Race, religiosity, and C-reactive protein.

scientific article published on 22 August 2014

Health status and risk indicator trends of the aging US health care workforce

journal article published in 2012

Imagining the disciplinary advancement of gerontology: Whither the tipping point?

scientific article published on 01 October 2006

Is Gerontology Ready for Accreditation?

scientific article published on January 1, 2012

Is gerontology inclusive?

scientific article published on 01 January 2006

Is gerontology interdisciplinary?

scientific article published on 01 January 2007

Longitudinal change in physical activity and disability in adults.

scientific article published in March 2012

Low socioeconomic status and body mass index as risk factors for inflammation in older adults: conjoint influence on C-reactive protein?

scientific article published on 24 February 2011

Measuring morbidity: disease counts, binary variables, and statistical power

scientific article published on 01 May 2000

Medical need and use of services among older men and women

scientific article published on 01 September 1988

Mortality risk among Black and White working women: the role of perceived work trajectories

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Neighborhood residential segregation and physical health among Hispanic Americans: good, bad, or benign?

scientific article published on 01 June 2007

Perceived discrimination and health among Puerto Rican and Mexican Americans: buffering effect of the Lazo matrimonial?

scientific article published on 3 April 2009

Physician evaluation of obesity in health surveys: "who are you calling fat?"

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Physician-evaluated and self-reported morbidity for predicting disability

scientific article published on 01 January 2000

Psychological distress and mortality: are women more vulnerable?

scientific article published on September 2006

Racial disparity in access to cardiac intensive care over 20 years.

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Reexamining the double jeopardy to health thesis

scientific article published on 01 January 1989

Relationships between health literacy and heart failure knowledge, self-efficacy, and self-care adherence.

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Social network properties and self-rated health in later life: comparisons from the Korean social life, health, and aging project and the national social life, health and aging project.

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The ADEA amendment and public support for older workers

scientific article published on 01 March 1989

The Stigma of Obesity

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The Time of Our Lives: Recognizing the Contributions of Mannheim, Neugarten, and Riley to the Study of Aging

scientific article published on May 24, 2013

The elderly's fear of crime. A critical examination of the research.

scientific article published on September 1987

The life course of severe obesity: does childhood overweight matter?

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Theory welcome here.

scientific article published in January 2009

Visions of the Life Course: Risks, Resources, and Vulnerability.

scientific article published in February 2017

Volunteering and depression in later life: social benefit or selection processes?

scientific article published in March 2005

What Do We Mean by Accumulation? Advancing Conceptual Precision for a Core Idea in Gerontology

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