Determinants of self-rated health and the role of acculturation: Implications for health inequalities

Ethnicity and Health

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 563-585

  Todorova, Irina L G ^a   Tucker, Katherine L ^a   Jimenez, Marcia Pescador ^a   Lincoln, Alisa K ^a   Arevalo, Sandra ^a   Falcón, Luis M ^b  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Allostatic load; Puerto Rican population; Self rated health

Indexed keywords

HEALTH MONITORING; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SURVEY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

BOSTON; MASSACHUSETTS; UNITED STATES;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; CULTURAL FACTOR; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUERTO RICO; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF REPORT; UNITED STATES;

ACCULTURATION; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BOSTON; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUERTO RICO; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF REPORT;

EID: 84890800270     PISSN: 13557858     EISSN: 14653419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13557858.2013.771147     Document Type: Article

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