Diabetes, gallbladder disease, obesity, and hypertension among hispanics in New Mexico

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 128, Issue 6, 1988, Pages 1302-1311

  Samet, Jonathan M ^a,b   Coultas, David B ^a,b   Howard, Cheryl A ^a   Skipper, Betty J ^b   Hanis, Craig L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; Gallbladder diseases; Hispanic Americans; Hypertension; Indians; North American; Obesity

Indexed keywords

DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNIC OR RACIAL ASPECTS; GALLBLADDER DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DIABETES MELLITUS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER DISEASES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGE; NEW MEXICO; OBESITY; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TEXAS; WHITES;

EID: 0024237339     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a115083     Document Type: Article

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