Hispanic Established Populations for the Epidemiologic Studies of the Elderly: Selected longitudinal findings

Aging Health

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 325-331

  Tovar, Jennifer J ^a   Angel, Ronald J ^b   Eschbach, Karl ^a,c   Espino, David V ^d   Markides, Kyriakos S ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Cognitive function; Health; Insurance coverage; Mexican American

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; CHAMOMILE; CHLORPROPAMIDE; DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE; DIPYRIDAMOLE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

AGED; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISABILITY; DRUG USE; ELDERLY CARE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; ETHNIC GROUP; GERIATRIC DISORDER; HEALTH INSURANCE; HIP FRACTURE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRESCRIPTION; RACE; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; URINE INCONTINENCE; WEIGHT CHANGE;

EID: 34250812471     PISSN: 1745509X     EISSN: 17455103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/1745509X.3.3.325     Document Type: Article

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