Frailty prevalence and neighborhood residence in older Mexican Americans: The San Antonio longitudinal study of aging

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 106-111

  Espinoza, Sara E ^a,b,c,d   Hazuda, Helen P ^b,c  

^a Department of Medicine   (United States)

^b Clinical Epidemiology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^d SOUTH TEXAS VETERANS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Frailty; Mexican Americans; Neighborhood

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATION; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; FRAILTY; GERIATRIC DISORDER; HUMAN; INCOME; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICAN; NEIGHBORHOOD; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; WEAKNESS; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FRAIL ELDERLY; SOCIAL CLASS; TEXAS; URBAN POPULATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL CLASS; TEXAS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84925272113     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.13202     Document Type: Article

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