Attrition of older mexican American survey respondents

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 414-417

  Stimpson, Jim P ^b   Ray, Laura A ^a  

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

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cohort studies; Immigrants; Mexican Americans; Prospective studies

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MEXICO; MIGRATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOMETRY; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DATA COLLECTION; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEXICO; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOMETRICS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77956056205     PISSN: 15571912     EISSN: 15571920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-008-9151-5     Document Type: Article

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