Variations in hypertension-related outcomes among blacks, whites and hispanics in two large urban areas and in the United States

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 391-397

  Hunte, Haslyn E R ^a   Mentz, Graciela ^b   House, James S ^c   Schulz, Amy J ^b   Williams, David R ^f   Elliott, Michael R ^d   Morenoff, Jeffrey D ^e   White Perkins, Denise M ^g  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Health Behavior and Health Education ^*  (United States)

^c Institute for Social Research   (United States)

^d Biostatistics Department   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^f HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g Henry Ford Medical Group   (United States)

Author keywords

Hypertension; Minority health; Population; Urban health

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; DISEASE CONTROL; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AWARENESS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84869044789     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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