Racial differences in functional status among elderly U.S. migrants from the South

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 831-840

  Kington, Raynard ^a,b   Carlisle, David ^a,b   McCaffrey, Dan ^a   Myers, Hector ^b,c   Allen, Walter ^a,b  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CHARLES R DREW UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Functional status; Imigration; Race; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL STUDY; ELDERLY POPULATION; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH STATUS; INTERNAL MIGRATION; MIGRATION IMPACT; RACIAL DIFFERENCE;

ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEGRO; NORMAL HUMAN; RACE DIFFERENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; UNITED STATES;

USA;

EID: 0031818389     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(98)00145-2     Document Type: Article

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