Obesity, hypertension, and migration: A meta-analysis of populations of the South Asian diaspora

Human Biology

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 71-86

  Madrigal, Lorena ^a   Brady, Jeffrey ^a   Raxter, Michelle ^a   Ruiz, Ernesto ^a   Otarola, Flory ^b   Blell, Mwenza ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

BMI; Hypertension; Migration; South asian diaspora; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INDIA; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; META ANALYSIS; MIGRATION; NETHERLANDS; NORWAY; OBESITY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; POPULATION GENETICS; PREVALENCE; RISK; SINGAPORE; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; GENETICS, POPULATION; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INDIA; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NORWAY; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK; SINGAPORE; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; URBAN POPULATION; WORLD HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79961162339     PISSN: 00187143     EISSN: 15346617     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3378/027.083.0105     Document Type: Article

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