Mortality among elderly hispanics in the United States: Past evidence and new results

Demography

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 109-128

  Elo, Irma T ^a   Turra, Cassio M ^a   Kestenbaum, Bert ^b   Ferguson, B Reneé ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Social Security Asministration ^*

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EID: 2942586729     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/dem.2004.0001     Document Type: Article

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