Race, ethnicity, and self-reported hypertension: Analysis of data from the national health interview survey, 1997-2005

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 313-319

  Borrell, Luisa N ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ETHNICITY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; PREVALENCE; RACE; SELF REPORT; UNITED STATES; ETHNOLOGY; INTERVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; SELF DISCLOSURE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SELF DISCLOSURE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 59049099010     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2007.123364     Document Type: Article

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