Life-course exposure to early socioeconomic environment, education in relation to late-life cognitive function among older Mexicans and Mexican Americans

Journal of Aging and Health

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1027-1049

  Zeki Al Hazzouri, Adina ^a,b   Haan, Mary N ^a   Galea, Sandro ^c   Aiello, Allison E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

cognition; education; health; life course; Mexican Americans; old age

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COGNITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CALIFORNIA; COGNITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 80053203761     PISSN: 08982643     EISSN: 15526887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0898264311421524     Document Type: Article

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