Cross-National Differences in Disability Among Elders: Transitions in Disability in Mexico and the United States | Zendy

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Cross-National Differences in Disability Among Elders: Transitions in Disability in Mexico and the United States

Author(s) -

Kerstin Gerst-Emerson,

Rebeca Wong,

Alejandra Michaels-Obregón,

Alberto Palloni

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

the journals of gerontology series b

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.578

H-Index - 150

eISSN - 1758-5368

pISSN - 1079-5014

DOI - 10.1093/geronb/gbu185

Subject(s) - gerontology , health and retirement study , medicine , medical model of disability , demography , psychology , psychiatry , sociology

Little is known about how exposure to a combination of infectious and chronic conditions throughout the lifecourse could impact disability in old age. This paper compares 2 cohorts of adults who have aged under very different country contexts by contrasting disability transitions among elders in Mexico with elders in the United States.

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