Neighborhood context and cognitive decline in older mexican americans: Results from the hispanic established populations for epidemiologic studies of the elderly

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 169, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1092-1101

  Sheffield, Kristin M ^a   Peek, M Kristen ^b  

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

^b NONE

Author keywords

Aged; Cognition; Hispanic Americans; Longitudinal studies; Mexican Americans; Poverty; Residence characteristics; Social class

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; DATA SET; DISEASE INCIDENCE; ELDERLY POPULATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; NEIGHBORHOOD; POVERTY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LINEAR SYSTEM; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CENSUSES; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 65249091977     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwp005     Document Type: Article

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