Self-rating of poor health: A comparison of cuban elders in havana and miami

Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 181-191

  Jang, Yuri ^a   Chiriboga, David A ^a   Herrera, Julio R ^a   Branch, Laurence G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cuban elders; Self rated Health

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CUBA; DISABLED PERSON; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; CUBA; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 67349131301     PISSN: 01693816     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10823-009-9094-x     Document Type: Article

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