Heart disease prevention among Chinese immigrants

Journal of Community Health

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 299-310

  Taylor, Vicky M ^a   Yasui, Yutaka ^b   Tu, Shin Ping ^c   Neuhouser, Marian L ^a   Li, Lin ^a   Woodall, Erica ^a   Acorda, Elizabeth ^a   Cripe, Swee May ^a   Hislop, T Gregory ^d  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chinese Americans; Heart disease; Immigrants; Prevention

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART INFARCTION PREVENTION; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; VEGETABLE;

ADULT; ASIAN AMERICANS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHINA; DIET; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; LIPIDS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; SMOKING;

EID: 34848927144     PISSN: 00945145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10900-007-9057-5     Document Type: Article

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