Acculturation and cardiovascular risk factor control among Hispanic adults in the United States

Public Health Reports

Volumn 124, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 818-824

  Eamranond, Pracha P ^a,b   Wee, Christina C ^a   Legedza, Anna T R ^a   Marcantonio, Edward R ^a   Leveille, Suzanne G ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; LEISURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 74849102470     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003335490912400609     Document Type: Article

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