| Record Type: |
Electronic resources
: Monograph/item
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| Title/Author: |
Racial and ethnic differences in the health of older Americans/ Linda G. Martin and Beth J. Soldo, editors ; Committee on Population, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council. |
| other author: |
Martin, Linda G. |
| Published: |
Washington, D.C. :National Academy Press, : 1997., |
| Description: |
x, 300 p. :ill. ;23 cm. |
| Notes: |
Revised versions of some of the papers originally presented at a workshop held Dec. 1994 in Washington. |
| [NT 15003449]: |
Racial and ethnic differences in mortality at older ages / Irma T. Elo and Samuel H. Preston -- Health and disability differences among racial and ethnic groups/ Kenneth G. Manton and Eric Stallard -- Race, socioeconomic status, and health in late life/ James P. Smith and Raynard S. Kington -- How health behaviors and the social environment contribute to health differences between Black and white older Americans/ Lisa F. Berkman and Jewel M. Mullen -- Black-white differences in the use of medical care by the elderly : a contemporary analysis/ Jos歋 J. Escarce and Frank W. Puffer -- Are genetic factors involved in racial and ethnic differences in late-life health? / James V. Neel -- Differences in rates of dementia between ethno-racial groups/ Barry Gurland ... [et al.] -- Cardiovascular disease among elderly Asian Americans / Dwayne Reed and Katsukiko Yano -- Health status of Hispanic elderly / Kyriakos S. Markides ... [et al.]. |
| Subject: |
Minority older people - Diseases - United States. - |
| Online resource: |
https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=895An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click for information |
| ISBN: |
0585030138 (electronic bk.) |