Survey data for the study of aging in Latin America and the Caribbean: Selected studies

Journal of Aging and Health

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 157-179

  Wong, Rebeca ^a   Peláez, Martha ^b   Palloni, Alberto ^c   Markides, Kyriakos ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Health; Hispanic; Latin America; Survey

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; CENTRAL AMERICA; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CARIBBEAN REGION; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LATIN AMERICA; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDIES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33646589669     PISSN: 08982643     EISSN: 15526887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0898264305285655     Document Type: Review

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