Immigrant status and cognitive functioning in late-life: An examination of gender variations in the healthy immigrant effect

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 75, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2076-2084

  Hill, Terrence D ^a   Angel, Jacqueline L ^b   Balistreri, Kelly S ^c   Herrera, Angelica P ^d  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive functioning; Elderly; Gender; Immigration; Mexican American; USA

Indexed keywords

ELDERLY POPULATION; GENDER; HEALTH STATUS; IMMIGRANT; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DISABILITY; FEMALE; GROWTH CURVE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; LEARNING TEST; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DETERIORATION; MIGRATION; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPANISH ENGLISH VERBAL LEARNING TEST; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84869500588     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.04.005     Document Type: Article

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