Prevalence of Health Conditions and Predictors of Mortality in Oldest Old Mexican Americans and Non-Hispanic Whites

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 254-259

  Samper Ternent, Rafael ^a   Kuo, Yong Fang ^a,b   Ray, Laura A ^b   Ottenbacher, Kenneth J ^a   Markides, Kyriakos S ^b   Al Snih, Soham ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Mexican american; Mortality; Non Hispanic white; Oldest old; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADL DISABILITY; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEART INFARCTION; HIP FRACTURE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OBESITY; OLDEST OLD; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; VERY ELDERLY;

EID: 84857147100     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2010.07.010     Document Type: Article

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