Longer lives, sicker lives? Increased longevity and extended disability among Mexican-origin elders

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 639-649

  Angel, Ronald J ^a   Angel, Jacqueline L ^a   Hill, Terrence D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Active life expectancy; Disability trajectory; Functional capacity; H EPESE; Hispanic; Longevity

Indexed keywords

AGED; DISABLED PERSON; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONGEVITY; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICAN; MORBIDITY; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONGEVITY; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MORBIDITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84936742776     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbu158     Document Type: Article

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