Beware of being unaware: Racial/ethnic disparities in chronic illness in the USA

Health Economics (United Kingdom)

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1040-1060

  Chatterji, Pinka ^a   Joo, Heesoo ^a   Lahiri, Kajal ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

diabetes; disease awareness; HRS; hypertension; trivariate probit with selection

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

AWARENESS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SELF REPORT; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DATA COLLECTION; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; SELF REPORT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84864706145     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.2856     Document Type: Conference Paper

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