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Front Matter (R1-R16)

1 Introduction--Barney Cohen (1-22)

Section I--The Nature of Racial and Ethnic Differences2 Racial and Ethnic Identification, Official Classifications, and Health Disparities (23-52)

3 Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health and Mortality Among the U.S. Elderly Population (53-94)

4 Ethnic Differences in Dementia and Alzheimer s Disease (95-142)

Section II--Two Key Conceptual and Methodological Challenges5 The Life-Course Contribution to Ethnic Disparities in Health (143-170)

6 Selection Processes in the Study of Racial and Ethnic Differentials in Adult Health and Mortality (171-226)

7 Immigrant Health: Selectivity and Acculturation (227-266)

Section III--The Search For Causal Pathways8 Genetic Factors in Ethnic Disparities in Health (267-309)

9 Race/Ethnicity, Socioeconomic Status, and Health (310-352)

10 The Role of Social and Personal Resources in Ethnic Disparities in Late-Life Health (353-405)

11 What Makes a Place Healthy? Neighborhood Influences on Racial/ Ethnic Disparities in Health over the Life Course (406-449)

12 Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Health Behaviors: A Challenge to Current Assumptions (450-491)

13 Cumulative Psychosocial Risks and Resilience: A Conceptual Perspective on Ethnic Health Disparities in Late Life (492-539)

14 Significance of Perceived Racism: Toward Understanding Ethnic Group Disparities in Health, the Later Years (540-566)

15 A Neurovisceral Integration Model of Health Disparities in Aging (567-603)

16 Geography and Racial Health Disparities (604-640)

Section IV--The Challenge Of Identifying Effective Interventions17 Behavioral Health Interventions: What Works and Why? (641-674)

Section V--Two International Comparisons18 Ethnic Disparities in Aging Health: What Can We Learn from the United Kingdom? (675-702)

19 An Exploratory Investigation into Racial Disparities in the Health of Older South Africans (703-736)