Health-related quality of life among Mexican Americans living in colonias at the Texas-Mexico border

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1760-1771

  Mier, Nelda ^a   Ory, Marcia G ^b   Zhan, Dongling ^c   Conkling, Martha ^d   Sharkey, Joseph R ^b   Burdine, James N ^b  

^a South Texas Center   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental correlates; Health related quality of life (HRQL); Mexican Americans; Personal correlates; Texas Mexico border; USA

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; MENTAL HEALTH; MINORITY GROUP; MODELING; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL HEALTH; MEXICO; NORMAL HUMAN; POVERTY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY AREAS; SEX FACTORS; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TEXAS;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 40949158437     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.12.017     Document Type: Article

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