Health-related quality of life in older adults: Testing the double jeopardy hypothesis

Journal of Aging Studies

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 371-379

  Carreon, Daisy ^a   Noymer, Andrew ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

Author keywords

Double jeopardy hypothesis; Health related quality of life; Racial ethnic disparities

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052604864     PISSN: 08904065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaging.2011.01.004     Document Type: Article

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