Chronic Disease Burden Among Bhutanese Refugee Women Aged 18–65 Years Resettled in Northeast Ohio, United States, 2008–2011

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1169-1176

  Bhatta, Madhav P ^a   Shakya, Sunita ^a   Assad, Lori ^a   Zullo, Melissa D ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic diseases; Community based study; Prevalence; Resettled Bhutanese refugees; Socio demographic profile; United States

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASTHMA; BHUTAN; CHRONIC DISEASE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OBESITY; OHIO; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFUGEE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASTHMA; BHUTAN; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OBESITY; OHIO; PREVALENCE; REFUGEES; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST-HIP RATIO; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84937525378     PISSN: 15571912     EISSN: 15571920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-014-0040-9     Document Type: Article

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