Regional differences in the prevalence, treatment and control of hypertension and dyslipidemia in US urban Hispanic populations participating in health screening events

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 409-414

  Lee, Eunmee ^a   Candrilli, Sean D ^b   Roberts, Craig S ^a   Tang, Simon S K ^a   Bassin, Stanley ^c   Wong, Nathan D ^c  

^a PFIZER INC   (United States)

^b RTI HEALTH SOLUTIONS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dyslipidemia; Hispanics; Hypertension

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE CONTROL; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; SCREENING TEST; UNITED STATES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DYSLIPIDEMIAS; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LOS ANGELES; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; PREVALENCE; TEXAS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 59849112361     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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