Ethnic differences for developing rheumatic fever in a low-income group living in Hawaii

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 357-361

  Kurahara, David K ^a   Grandinetti, Andrew ^b   Galario, Judith ^a   Reddy, D Venu ^a   Tokuda, Angela ^a   Langan, Susan ^c   Tanabe, Brian ^a   Yamamoto, Kara S ^a   Yamaga, Karen M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute rheumatic fever; Epidemiology; Ethnicity; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENETIC RISK; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; PACIFIC ISLANDER; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHEUMATIC FEVER; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; UNITED STATES;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HAWAII; HUMANS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; POVERTY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RHEUMATIC FEVER;

EID: 34250711772     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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