Poverty and impairment in activities of living among elderly Hispanics

Social Work in Health Care

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 59-78

  Tran, Thanh V ^a   Williams, Leon F ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CUBA; DATA ANALYSIS; ETHNIC GROUP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POVERTY; PUERTO RICO; SOCIAL WORK;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CUBA; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POVERTY; PUERTO RICO; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031911424     PISSN: 00981389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J010v26n04_04     Document Type: Article

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