Neighborhood Social Cohesion and Prevalence of Hypertension and Diabetes in a South Asian Population

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1309-1316

  Lagisetty, Pooja A ^a   Wen, Ming ^b   Choi, Hwajung ^c   Heisler, Michele ^a,c   Kanaya, Alka M ^d   Kandula, Namratha R ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hypertension; Neighborhood environment; Social cohesion; South Asians; Type 2 diabetes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ASIA; ASIAN AMERICAN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRANT; MORPHOMETRY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; ASIA, WESTERN; ASIAN AMERICANS; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84946137062     PISSN: 15571912     EISSN: 15571920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-015-0308-8     Document Type: Article

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