Cardiovascular disease risks in hmong refugees from wat Tham Krabok, Thailand

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 372-379

  Culhane Pera, Kathleen A ^a   Moua, Mai Kia ^b   DeFor, Terese A ^c   Desai, Jay ^d  

^a West Side Community Health Services   (United States)

^b REGIONS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HEALTHPARTNERS RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

^d MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular risk factors; Epidemiological transition; Hmong refugees

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPERURICEMIA; INFANT; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFUGEE; RISK FACTOR; THAILAND; UNITED STATES; ASIAN AMERICAN; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; ETHNOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASIAN AMERICANS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REFUGEES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; THAILAND; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349330343     PISSN: 15571912     EISSN: 15571920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-008-9211-x     Document Type: Article

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