Cohort profile: The Boston area community health (BACH) survey

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 42-51

  Piccolo, Rebecca S ^a   Araujo, Andre B ^a   Pearce, Neil ^b   Mckinlay, John B ^a  

^a NEW ENGLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; DATA SET; DIABETES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH SURVEY; MINORITY GROUP;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; BOSTON AREA COMMUNITY HEALTH SURVEY; CAUCASIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LOWER URINARY TRACT SYMPTOM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; NEGRO; NOCTURIA; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; RANDOM SAMPLE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STATUS; SYMPTOM; UNITED STATES; URINARY TRACT DISEASE; VERY ELDERLY; AFRICAN AMERICAN; BLACK PERSON; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SURVEY; LIFESTYLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MASSACHUSETTS; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

BOSTON; MASSACHUSETTS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; BOSTON; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS; UROLOGIC DISEASES;

EID: 84896844517     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dys198     Document Type: Article

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