Risk factors for liver disease and associated knowledge and practices among Mexican adults in the US and Mexico

Journal of Community Health

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 403-411

  Flores, Yvonne N ^a,b   Lang, Cathy M ^a   Salmerón, Jorge ^b,c   Bastani, Roshan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Knowledge; Liver disease; Mexicans; Prevention; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY MASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LIVER DISEASE; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; LOS ANGELES; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK FACTORS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862314662     PISSN: 00945145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10900-011-9457-4     Document Type: Article

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