Prevalence of Diagnosed Diabetes and Related Risk Factors: Japanese Adults in Westchester County, New York

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 93, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1279-1281

  Hosler, Akiko S ^a,b,c   Melnik, Thomas A ^a  

^a NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY   (United States)

^c 565 Corning Tower ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; JAPAN; MIDDLE AGED; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ASIAN AMERICANS; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0041883579     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.93.8.1279     Document Type: Article

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