Association between selected unhealthy lifestyle factors, body mass index, and chronic health conditions among individuals 50 years of age or older, by race/ethnicity

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 450-457

  Balluz, Lina S ^a   Okoro, Catherine A ^a   Mokdad, Ali ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral risk factor surveillance system; Ethnic racial group; Health behavior

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; IMMOBILIZATION; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RACE DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; AMERICAN INDIAN; ASIAN AMERICAN; CAUCASIAN; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; ASIAN AMERICANS; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; BODY MASS INDEX; CHRONIC DISEASE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 59849107305     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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