Racial and ethnic disparities in diabetes complications in the northeastern United States: The role of socioeconomic status

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 51-58

  Osborn, Chandra Y ^a,b   De Groot, Mary ^c   Wagner, Julie A ^d  

^a Division of General Internal Medicine and Public Health   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Health disparities; Minority health; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INCOME; KIDNEY DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETINOPATHY; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CLASS;

DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; NEW ENGLAND; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84880813512     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0027-9684(15)30085-7     Document Type: Article

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