Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Cambodian Refugees

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 110-117

  Marshall, Grant N ^a   Schell, Terry L ^a   Wong, Eunice C ^a   Berthold, S Megan ^a,c   Hambarsoomian, Katrin ^a   Elliott, Marc N ^a   Bardenheier, Barbara H ^b   Gregg, Edward W ^b  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular risk; Diabetes; Epidemiology; Refugees

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CAMBODIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; REFUGEE; SELF REPORT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CAMBODIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIABETES MELLITUS; HUMANS; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; HYPERTENSION; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; PREVALENCE; REFUGEES; SELF REPORT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84954376301     PISSN: 15571912     EISSN: 15571920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-014-0142-4     Document Type: Article

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