Lifetime Socioeconomic Status and Late-life Health Trajectories: Longitudinal Results from the Mexican Health and Aging Study

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 349-360

  Torres, Jacqueline M ^a   Rizzo, Shemra ^b   Wong, Rebeca ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Cumulative disadvantage; Health trajectories; Mental health; Mexico; MHAS; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; CHILD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL CLASS; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 85041191916     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbw048     Document Type: Article

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