Financial strain and health among elderly Mexican-origin individuals

Journal of Health and Social Behavior

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 536-551

  Angel, Ronald J ^a,d   Frisco, Michelle ^b   Angel, Jacqueline L ^a   Chiriboga, David A ^c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; EMOTION; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MORALITY; MORTALITY; POVERTY; REVIEW; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; INCOME; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COGNITION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INCOME; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; PERCEPTION; POVERTY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1642443904     PISSN: 00221465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1519798     Document Type: Review

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