Disparities in the prevalence of diabetes: Is it race/ethnicity or socioeconomic status? Results from the Boston Area Community Health (BACH) survey

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 288-292

  Link, Carol L ^a   McKinlay, John B ^a  

^a NEW ENGLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Race ethnicity; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES; AFRICAN AMERICAN; CAUCASIAN; COMORBIDITY; ETHNOLOGY; HISPANIC; HYPERTENSION; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; BOSTON; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 70349776489     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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