Comparison of disability rates among older adults in aggregated and separate Asian American/Pacific Islander subpopulations

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 94-100

  Fuller Thomson, Esme ^a   Brennenstuhl, Sarah ^a   Hurd, Marion ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; BLINDNESS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABLED PERSON; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; ASIAN AMERICANS; BLINDNESS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEAFNESS; DISABLED PERSONS; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650903538     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2009.176784     Document Type: Article

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