Prevalence of self-reported illnesses in elderly hispanic and non-hispanic whites in New Mexico

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 263-272

  Romero, Linda J ^a,c   Lindeman, Robert D ^a,c   Liang, Hwa Chi ^a,c   Koehler, Kathleen M ^a,c   Baumgartner, Richard N ^b,c   Garry, Philip J ^b,c  

^a U S PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE   (United States)

^b Clinical Nutrition Program   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Elderly; Hispanic; Illnesses

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; NEW MEXICO; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0035293577     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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