Excess type 2 diabetes in African-American women and men aged 40-74 and socioeconomic status: Evidence from the third national health and nutrition examination survey

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 54, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 839-845

  Robbins, J M ^a   Vaccarino, V ^b   Zhang, H ^b   Kasl, S V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; DIABETES; HEALTH SURVEY; RACE; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NEGRO; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OCCUPATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033787339     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.54.11.839     Document Type: Article

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