Diabetes Prevalence among Puerto Rican Adults in New York City, NY, 2000

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 434-437

  Melnik, Thomas A ^a,e   Hosler, Akiko S ^a,b   Sekhobo, Jackson P ^a   Duffy, Thomas P ^c   Tierney, Edward F ^d   Engelgau, Michael M ^d   Geiss, Linda S ^d  

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

^b UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY   (United States)

^c ORC Macro   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^e 565 Corning Tower ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATION; ETHNIC GROUP; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PUERTO RICO; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1442281106     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.94.3.434     Document Type: Article

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