The prevalence of cardiovascular risk conditions and awareness among a latino subgroup: Dominicans in Northern Manhattan

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 342-347

  Getaneh, Asqual ^a,d   Michelen, Walid ^c   Findley, Sally ^b  

^a NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Department of Medicine   (United States)

^c Lincoln Hospital   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular risk; Diabetes; High cholesterol; Hypercholesterolemia; Hypertension; Latino; Obesity

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH STATUS; HISPANIC; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; NEW YORK CITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 55249092299     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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