Health status of diabetic persons in an Asian-Pacific population: Evidence from Guam

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 65-71

  Pinhey, Thomas K ^a   Heathcote, Gary M ^a   Craig, Ulla Katrina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUAM   (Guam)

Author keywords

Chamorros; Diabetes; Guam; Hypertension; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUCASIAN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNOLOGY; FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA; FEMALE; GUAM; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MORTALITY; PHILIPPINES; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTHEAST ASIA; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL RATE; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADULT; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GUAM; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MICRONESIA; PHILIPPINES; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 0031463240     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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