Stroke risk among Chinese immigrants in New York City

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 387-393

  Fang, Jing ^a,c   Foo, Sun Hoo ^b   Fung, Cora ^b   Wylie Rosett, Judith ^a   Alderman, Michael H ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK DOWNTOWN HOSPITAL   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Chinese; Immigration; Risk factors; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHINESE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; EXERCISE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOOD COMPOSITION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMMIGRANT; IMMIGRATION; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STROKE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

AGED; ASIAN AMERICANS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHINA; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; NEW YORK CITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33748186990     PISSN: 15571912     EISSN: 15571920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-006-9009-7     Document Type: Review

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