English language skills, ethnic concentration, and household composition: Older Mexican immigrants

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2003, Pages

  Burr, Jeffrey A ^a   Mutchler, Jan E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037347643     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/58.2.S83     Document Type: Article

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