Ability of ethnic self-identification to partition modifiable health risk among US residents of Mexican ancestry

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 98, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1971-1978

  Barger, Steven D ^a   Gallo, Linda C ^b  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIRTHPLACE; BODY MASS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; OBESITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; LANGUAGE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK-TAKING; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 55249109167     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2007.122754     Document Type: Article

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