Birthplace and mortality among insured Latinos: The paradox revisited

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 185-191

  Iribarren, Carlos ^a   Darbinian, Jeanne A ^a   Fireman, Bruce H ^a   Burchard, González Esteban ^b  

^a DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cohort study; Hispanic Latino paradox; Mortality; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTHPLACE; ETHNICITY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR; ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CAUCASIAN; CENTRAL AMERICA; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HISPANIC; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOUTH AMERICA; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CALIFORNIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CENTRAL AMERICA; COHORT STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOUTH AMERICA; WEST INDIES;

EID: 67651211896     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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