A socioeconomic analysis of obesity and diabetes in New York City

Preventing Chronic Disease

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Wallach, Jonathan B ^a   Rey, Mariano J ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; NEW YORK CITY; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 70149093988     PISSN: 15451151     EISSN: 21665435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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