Neighborhood context and hypertension outcomes among Latinos in Chicago

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 959-967

  Viruell Fuentes, Edna A ^a   Ponce, Ninez A ^b   Alegría, Margarita ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Access to care; Enclaves; Hypertension; Immigrants; Latinos; Neighborhood effects

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CHICAGO; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84871957757     PISSN: 15571912     EISSN: 15571920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-012-9608-4     Document Type: Article

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