Specific health issues in ethnic minority groups

Clinical Cornerstone

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 34-40

  Siriwardena, A Niroshan ^a  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BETA N ACETYLHEXOSAMINIDASE A; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; FOLIC ACID; INTERFERON;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHROMOSOME DISORDER; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DELTA AGENT HEPATITIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG RESPONSE; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; ETHNIC GROUP; EXERCISE; FLUID THERAPY; FOOD INTAKE; GENETIC SCREENING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATITIS DELTA VIRUS; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; LIFESTYLE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MINORITY GROUP; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEGRO; PATIENT CARE; POPULATION GENETICS; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RACE DIFFERENCE; REST; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SKIN DISEASE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TAY SACHS DISEASE; TRAVEL; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2942707573     PISSN: 10983597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1098-3597(04)90005-1     Document Type: Article

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