Impact of arthritis on disability among older Mexican Americans

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 19-23

  Snih, Soham Al ^a,b   Markides, Kyriakos S ^a,b   Ostir, Glenn V ^a,b   Goodwin, James S ^a,b  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Arthritis; Mexican Americans; Physical function

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; ARTHRITIS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS;

EID: 0035655987     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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