Setting priorities in aging populations: Formal service use among mexican American female elders

Journal of Aging and Social Policy

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 69-85

  John, Robert ^a,c   Roy, Lonnie C ^a   Dietz, Tracy L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^c Center for Studies in Aging   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MEXICO; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; AGING; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; MEXICO; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031310246     PISSN: 08959420     EISSN: 15450821     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J031v09n01_06     Document Type: Article

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