Health of adults in Los Angeles County: Findings from the national health and nutrition examination survey, 1999-2004

National Health Statistics Reports

Volumn , Issue 42, 2011, Pages

  Porter, Kathryn S ^a   Curtin, Lester R ^a   Carroll, Margaret D ^a   Li, Xianfen ^a   Mohadjer, Leyla ^b   Shih, Margaret ^b   Simon, Paul A ^b   Fielding, Jonathan E ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

^b LOS ANGELES COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic disease; Cross sectional studies; Epidemiologic methods

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LOS ANGELES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872795956     PISSN: 21648344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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