Environmental risk factors of disease in the cameron park colonia, a hispanic community along the Texas-Mexico border

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 345-351

  Ramos, Irma N ^a,b   Davis, Lora Baker ^b,c   He, Qiang ^d   May, Marlynn ^b   Ramos, Kenneth S ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Cameron Park Colonia; Disease prevalence; Environment; Hispanics; Risk factors of disease

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HEART DISEASE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENVIRONMENT; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MEXICAN AMERICANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TEXAS;

EID: 45849127935     PISSN: 15571912     EISSN: 15571920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-007-9087-1     Document Type: Article

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