Explaining racial and ethnic disparities in cholesterol screening

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 65, Issue , 2014, Pages 65-69

  Kenik, Jordan ^a   Jean Jacques, Muriel ^a   Feinglass, Joe ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Access to health care; Cholesterol screening; Health disparities; Race and ethnicity

Indexed keywords

ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; BLACK PERSON; CAUCASIAN; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; ETHNIC OR RACIAL ASPECTS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; PACIFIC ISLANDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING; SELF REPORT; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES; AGED; BLOOD; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; MASS SCREENING; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY HEALTH; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AGED; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; CHOLESTEROL; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY HEALTH; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84901044874     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2014.04.026     Document Type: Article

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