Acculturation, Gender, and Active Life Expectancy in the Mexican-Origin Population

Journal of Aging and Health

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1247-1265

  Garcia, Marc A ^a   Angel, Jacqueline L ^a   Angel, Ronald J ^a   Chiu, Chi Tsun ^b   Melvin, Jennifer ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b ACADEMIA SINICA   (Taiwan)

^c FLAGLER COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

acculturation; active life expectancy; disability; Hispanic health; Mexican elders

Indexed keywords

AGED; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISABLED PERSON; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICAN; MEXICO; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ACCULTURATION; AGED; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MEXICO; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84940568325     PISSN: 08982643     EISSN: 15526887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0898264315577880     Document Type: Article

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