Racial/Ethnic Differences in Predictors of Self-Rated Health: Findings from the Survey of Older Floridians

Research on Aging

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 201-219

  Park, Nan Sook ^a   Jang, Yuri ^a   Lee, Beom S ^a   Chiriboga, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

disability; minority older adults; racial ethnic differences; self rated health

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873681174     PISSN: 01640275     EISSN: 15527573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0164027512440572     Document Type: Article

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