Self-reported and measured hypertension among older US- and foreign-born adults

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 721-726

  White, Kellee ^a   Avendaño, Mauricio ^b,c   Capistrant, Benjamin D ^d   Moon, J Robin ^d   Liu, Sze Y ^d   Glymour, M Maria ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b HARVARD CENTER FOR POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (United States)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Health and Retirement Study; Nativity; Race ethnicity; Self reported hypertension; Validity

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CAUCASIAN; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; NUTRITION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF REPORT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF REPORT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84865860948     PISSN: 15571912     EISSN: 15571920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-011-9549-3     Document Type: Article

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