Frailty, mortality, and health-related quality of life in older Mexican Americans

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 58, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2149-2153

  Masel, Meredith C ^a   Ostir, Glenn V ^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

death; Hispanic American; prevention

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRAILTY; GERIATRICS; HEALTH STATUS; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RURAL AREA; SURVIVAL; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MORTALITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 78449302147     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.03146.x     Document Type: Article

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