Cardiovascular disease risk factors in Korean American elderly

Western Journal of Nursing Research

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 269-282

  Kim, Miyong T ^a   Juon, Hee Soon ^b   Hill, Martha N ^a   Post, Wendy ^c   Kim, Kim B ^d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d R and D Master Solutions ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; KOREA; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN AMERICANS; BALTIMORE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; KOREA; MALE; OBESITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 0035321069     PISSN: 01939459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/01939450122045140     Document Type: Article

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