Widening Life Expectancy Advantage of Hispanics in the United States: 1990–2010

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1130-1137

  Fenelon, Andrew ^a   Blue, Laura ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MATHEMATICA POLICY RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Hispanic; Life expectancy; Mortality; Smoking; United States

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; CAUCASIAN; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; SMOKING; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SMOKING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84937522496     PISSN: 15571912     EISSN: 15571920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-014-0043-6     Document Type: Article

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