Hypertension in puerto ricans in the continental United States

Puerto Rico Health Sciences Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 247-255

  Vergara, Cunegundo ^a,c   Wang, Fei ^b   Banfi, Valori ^a  

^a HARTFORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Health status; Hypertension; Morbidity; Mortality; Puerto Ricans

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; PUERTO RICO; UNITED STATES;

HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; PUERTO RICO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 58149110967     PISSN: 07380658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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