Pain and disability in older Mexican-American adults

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 992-999

  Weaver, Gayle D ^a,b   Kuo, Yong Fang ^c   Raji, Mukaila A ^c   Al Snih, Soham ^b   Ray, Laura ^c   Torres, Elizabeth ^d   Ottenbacher, Kenneth J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^b Baptist Health System   (United States)

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

^d The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Disability; Functional status; Hispanic Latino; Pain

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ELDERLY CARE; EXHAUSTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; GRIP STRENGTH; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; SELF REPORT; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; WALKING DIFFICULTY; WALKING SPEED; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DISABLED PERSONS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; PAIN; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 66649093558     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02263.x     Document Type: Article

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