The metabolic syndrome, biomarkers, and the acculturation-health relationship among older Mexican Americans

Journal of Aging and Health

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1101-1115

  González, Hector M ^a,b   Tarraf, Wassim ^a   Haan, Mary N ^c  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

active life expectancy; epidemiology; Latinos Hispanics; migration

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; LIPID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHEMISTRY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIET RESTRICTION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ACCULTURATION; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CALIFORNIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FASTING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIPIDS; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; TRIGLYCERIDES; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 80053182607     PISSN: 08982643     EISSN: 15526887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0898264311421371     Document Type: Article

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