New Estimates of Racial/Ethnic Differences in Life Expectancy with Chronic Morbidity and Functional Loss: Evidence from the National Health Interview Survey

Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 283-297

  Cantu, Phillip A ^a   Hayward, Mark D ^a   Hummer, Robert A ^a   Chiu, Chi Tsun ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Chronic morbidity; Functional limitations; Hispanic health paradox; Nativity; Smoking

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISABLED PERSON; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISABLED PERSONS; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84883830589     PISSN: 01693816     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10823-013-9206-5     Document Type: Article

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