Cardiovascular disease surveillance in Mexicans and Mexican Americans: A tale of two countries

Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica/Pan American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 119-124

  Durazo Arvizu, Ramón Angel ^a   Barquera, Simon ^b   Lazo Elizondo, Mariana ^c   Franco, Manuel ^c   Cooper, Richard S ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

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

Author keywords

Cardiovascular diseases; Mexican Americans; Mexico; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SURVEY;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 42149151605     PISSN: 10204989     EISSN: 16805348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1020-49892008000200008     Document Type: Article

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