Ethnicity and cardiovascular risk factors among Asian Americans residing in Michigan

Journal of Community Health

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 811-818

  Wu, Tsu Yin ^a   Hsieh, Hsing Fang ^b   Wang, Jing ^b   Yao, Lan ^c   Oakley, Deborah ^b  

^a EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chinese; Community; Diabetes; Filipino; Hmong; Screening; Vietnamese

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHILIPPINES; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VIET NAM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN AMERICANS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH FAIRS; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED; PHILIPPINES; RISK FACTORS; VIETNAM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80655149195     PISSN: 00945145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10900-011-9379-1     Document Type: Article

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