Health advantages of ethnic density for African American and Mexican American elderly individuals

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 102, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2240-2242

  Alvarez, Kimberly J ^a   Levy, Becca R ^b  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; HEALTH STATUS; HISPANIC; HUMAN; NEOPLASM; POPULATION DENSITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MEXICAN AMERICANS; NEOPLASMS; POPULATION DENSITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84869164944     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2012.300787     Document Type: Article

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