Sex differences in mortality among older frail Mexican Americans

Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1647-1651

  Berges, Ivonne Marie ^a   Graham, James E ^a   Ostir, Glenn V ^a,b   Markides, Kyriakos S ^a,b   Ottenbacher, Kenneth J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXHAUSTION; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GRIP STRENGTH; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; ODDS RATIO; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70350468727     PISSN: 15409996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2008.1083     Document Type: Article

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