Nativity, language spoken at home, length of time in the United States, and Race/Ethnicity: Associations with self-reported hypertension

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 237-244

  Yi, Stella ^a   Elfassy, Tali ^a   Gupta, Leena ^a   Myers, Christa ^a   Kerker, Bonnie ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

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

Author keywords

blood pressure; emigration; hypertension; immigration; minority groups; nativity status; New York City.

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HOME; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMMIGRANT; INDEPENDENT VARIABLE; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RACE; RISK FACTOR; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SELF CONCEPT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPEECH AND LANGUAGE; TIME; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

BLOOD PRESSURE; EMIGRATION; HYPERTENSION; IMMIGRATION; MINORITY GROUPS; NATIVITY STATUS; NEW YORK CITY.;

ACCULTURATION; ADULT; ASIA; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; PREVALENCE; RUSSIA; SELF REPORT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84891611668     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: 19417225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajh/hpt209     Document Type: Article

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