Do acculturation and family cohesiveness influence severity of diabetes among Mexican Americans?

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 452-459

  Moayad, Neda ^a   Balcázar, Héctor ^b   Pedregón, Verónica ^b   Velasco, Luis ^b   Bayona, Manuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Diabetes; Family cohesiveness; Hispanics; Mexican Americans

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FAMILY ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SOCIAL CLASS;

ACCULTURATION; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TEXAS;

EID: 34250729037     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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