Hospitalization for heart disease, stroke, and diabetes mellitus among Indian-born persons: A small area analysis

BMC Cardiovascular Disorders

Volumn 4, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Muennig, Peter ^a   Jia, Haomiao ^b   Khan, Kamran ^c  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b MERCER UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGED; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEART DISEASE; HOSPITAL BILLING; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INDIAN; INFANT; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NEWBORN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOUTH ASIA; STATISTICAL MODEL; STROKE; UNITED STATES; ADULT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; INDIA; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; SMALL-AREA ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STROKE;

EID: 13144295895     PISSN: 14712261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2661-4-19     Document Type: Article

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