Socioeconomic Status and Prevalence of Obesity and Diabetes in a Mexican American Community, Cameron County, Texas, 2004-2007

Preventing Chronic Disease

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Fisher Hoch, Susan P ^a   Rentfro, Anne R ^a   Salinas, Jennifer J ^b   Pérez, Adriana ^b   Brown, H Shelton ^b   Reininger, Belinda M ^b   Restrepo, Blanca I ^b   Wilson, J Gaines ^a   Hossain, M Monir ^c   Rahbar, Mohammad H ^c   Hanis, Craig M ^c   McCormick, Joseph B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT BROWNSVILLE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ECONOMICS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TEXAS;

EID: 77954727255     PISSN: 15451151     EISSN: 21665435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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