How does the trajectory of multimorbidity vary across black, white, and mexican americans in middle and old age?

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 66 B, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 739-749

  Quiñones, Ana R ^a,b   Liang, Jersey ^c,d   Bennett, Joan M ^c   Xu, Xiao ^e   Ye, Wen ^c  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic disease multimorbidity; Hierarchical linear modeling; Race ethnic differences

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH DISPARITY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CHRONIC DISEASE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80054927383     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbr106     Document Type: Article

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