Cardiovascular disease among black Americans: Comparisons between the U.S. Virgin Islands and the 50 U.S. States

Public Health Reports

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 170-178

  Lee, Hedwig ^a   Kershaw, Kiarri N ^b   Hicken, Margaret T ^c   Abdou, Cleopatra M ^d   Williams, Eric S ^e   Rivera O'Reilly, Nereida ^f   Jackson, James S ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f Legislature of the Virgin Islands   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL EDUCATION; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES; VIRGIN ISLANDS (U.S.); ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INSURANCE, HEALTH; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES; VIRGIN ISLANDS OF THE UNITED STATES;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84879537102     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003335491312800307     Document Type: Article

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