Contributions of a local health examination survey to the surveillance of chronic and infectious diseases in New York City

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 152-159

  Gwynn, R Charon ^a,b   Garg, Renu K ^a   Kerker, Bonnie D ^a   Frieden, Thomas R ^a   Thorpe, Lorna E ^a  

^a NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

^b Department of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; OBESITY; SELF REPORT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; NUTRITION SURVEYS; OBESITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 58149260276     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2007.117010     Document Type: Article

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