English language use, health and mortality in older Mexican Americans

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 232-238

  Salinas, Jennifer J ^a   Sheffield, Kristin M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Chronic illness; Death and dying; English; Gender; Latinos

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CULTURAL FACTOR; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LANGUAGE; MALE; MORTALITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ACCULTURATION; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LANGUAGE; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MORTALITY; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 79960138216     PISSN: 15571912     EISSN: 15571920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-009-9273-4     Document Type: Article

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