Racial/ethnic disparities on self-reported hypertension in New York City: Examining disparities among hispanic subgroups

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 429-436

  Borrell, Luisa N ^a   Menendez, Barbara S ^a   Joseph, Sharon P ^a,b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT MONTEFIORE   (United States)

Author keywords

Community health survey; Hispanic subgroups; Nativity status; New York City; Race ethnicity; Self reported hypertension

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNIC OR RACIAL ASPECTS; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; SELF REPORT; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; CENTRAL AMERICA; CUBA; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; ETHNOLOGY; HISPANIC; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; PUERTO RICO; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AMERICA; STATISTICS; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CENTRAL AMERICA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CUBA; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; PREVALENCE; PUERTO RICO; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AMERICA; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860246911     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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