Diabetes Risk in Older Mexican Americans: Effects of Language Acculturation, Generation and Socioeconomic Status

Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 359-373

  Afable Munsuz, Aimee ^a   Gregorich, Steven E ^b   Markides, Kyriakos S ^c   Pérez Stable, Eliseo J ^b  

^a SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Diabetes; Mexican Americans

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LANGUAGE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

ACCULTURATION; AGED; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; LANGUAGE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES;

EID: 84883821118     PISSN: 01693816     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10823-013-9200-y     Document Type: Article

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