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1 online resource (312 pages) |
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""Racial and Ethnic Differences in the Health of Older Americans""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""1 Introduction""; ""REFERENCES""; ""2 Racial and Ethnic Differences in Mortality at Older Ages""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""VITAL STATISTICS AND CENSUS DATA""; ""African Americans and Whites""; ""Hispanics""; ""Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders""; ""LINKED STUDIES""; ""Social Security and Medicare Data""; ""National Longitudinal Mortality Survey""; ""African Americans""; ""Hispanics""; ""Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders""; ""Subnational Studies""; ""EXTINCT GENERATION ESTIMATES"" |
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""CAUSES OF DEATH""""CONCLUSIONS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""3 Health and Disability Differences Among Racial and Ethnic Groups""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""MAJOR MORBIDITY PROCESSES AND THEIR AGE DEPENDENCE ACROSS RACIAL AND ETHNIC GROUPS""; ""Osteoporosis and Hip Fracture""; ""Heart Diseases and Stroke""; ""Atherosclerosis""; ""Diabetes Mellitus (Adult Onset)""; ""Body Iron Stores""; ""Hypertension""; ""Cancers""; ""Prostate Cancer""; ""Breast Cancer""; ""Cervical Cancer""; ""Multiple Myeloma""; ""Disease Interactions""; ""Health Care"" |
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""BLACK, HISPANIC, AND WHITE TOTAL AND CAUSE-SPECIFIC MORTALITY DIFFERENCES""""WHITE-NONWHITE DIFFERENCES IN DISABILITY AND ACTIVE LIFE EXPECTANCY""; ""SUMMARY""; ""REFERENCES""; ""4 Race, Socioeconomic Status, and Health in Late Life""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""THE THEORY OF HEALTH PRODUCTION AND ITS RELEVANCE TO SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS-RACE-HEALTH RESEARCH""; ""The Socioeconomic Status-Health Gradient""; ""Measurement of Socioeconomic Status""; ""Education""; ""Financial Resources""; ""Occupation""; ""The Race Connection""; ""The Role of Race""; ""Measurement of Race"" |
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""RACE, SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS, AND HEALTH STATUS: EXISTING EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE""""Mortality""; ""General Health Status, Functional Status, and Morbidity""; ""RACIAL HEALTH DISPARITIES""; ""HEALTH AND WEALTH""; ""RISK BEHAVIORS""; ""EMPIRICAL MODELS OF SELF-REPORTED HEALTH OUTCOMES""; ""Measurement of Household Resources""; ""Changes in Health Outcomes""; ""Long-Run Measures of Economic Resources""; ""CONCLUSIONS""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENT""; ""REFERENCES""; ""5 How Health Behaviors and the Social Environment Contribute to Health Differences Between Black and White Older Americans""; ""INTRODUCTION"" |
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""THE ROLE OF ATTITUDES AND SOCIAL CONTEXT IN BEHAVIORS THAT DAMAGE OR PROMOTE HEALTH AMONG BLACKS AND WHITES""""Self-Appraisal of Health and Health Behavior""; ""Health Behaviors""; ""Diet and Exercise""; ""Cigarette Smoking""; ""Alcohol Use""; ""Health Practices of Elderly Diabetics and Hypertensives""; ""Social Networks and Social Support""; ""RACIAL AND SOCIOECONOMIC DIFFERENCES IN HEALTH AND SOCIAL BEHAVIORS: FINDINGS FROM THE NEW HAVEN EPESE""; ""CONCLUSIONS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""6 Black-White Differences in the Use of Medical Care by the Elderly: A Contemporary Analysis"" |
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""Introduction"" |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Minority older people -- Health and hygiene -- United States
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Minority older people -- Diseases -- United States
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Martin, Linda G
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Soldo, Beth J
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| ISBN |
9780309553063 |
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0309553067 |
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