Overweight and diabetes prevalence among US immigrants

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 661-668

  Oza Frank, Reena ^a   Venkat Narayan, K M ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CENTRAL AMERICA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNOLOGY; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CARIBBEAN REGION; CENTRAL AMERICA; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949446548     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2008.149492     Document Type: Article

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