Family history of diabetes, acculturation, and the metabolic syndrome among Mexican Americans: Proyecto SALSA

Metabolic Syndrome and Related Disorders

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 262-269

  Nelson, Tamara ^a   Perez, Angelica ^a   Alcaraz, John ^a   Talavera, Gregory ^a   McCarthy, Jeanette J ^a,b  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIABETES MELLITUS; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENDER; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT;

EID: 34548633148     PISSN: 15404196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/met.2006.0035     Document Type: Article

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