Predictors of hypertension among filipino immigrants in the northeast US

Journal of Community Health

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 847-855

  Ursua, Rhodora A ^a   Islam, Nadia Shilpi ^a   Aguilar, David E ^a   Wyatt, Laura C ^a   Tandon, S Darius ^b   Abesamis Mendoza, Noilyn ^c   Nur, Potri Ranka Manis Queano ^c   Rago Adia, Josephine ^c   Ileto, Benjamin ^c   Rey, Mariano J ^a   Trinh Shevrin, Chau ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Kalusugan Coalition Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Ethnicity; Filipino Americans; Health status; Hypertension

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ASIAN AMERICAN; BODY MASS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRANT; PHILIPPINES; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT; ARTICLE; MIGRATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ASIAN AMERICANS; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW JERSEY; NEW YORK; PHILIPPINES; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884288671     PISSN: 00945145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10900-013-9689-6     Document Type: Article

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