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- Rethinking the Hispanic paradox: death rates and life expectancy for U...
- OBJECTIVES: We examined the "Hispanic paradox," whereby persons of Hispanic origin seemed to experience lower mortality than the non-Hispanic White population. This paradox coincided with a change fro...
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- Is the Prevalence of Specific Types of Congenital Heart Defects Differ...
- Background Our purpose was to determine the prevalence of specific types of CHD among non-Hispanic (NH)-Black, NH-White, and Hispanic infants. Methods We conducted a retrospective cohort study with 9,...
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- Investigation of ethnic differences in body image between Hispanic/bie...
- The extent to which the construct of body image is measurement invariant across ethnic groups is an important consideration for studies examining ethnic differences and characteristics that influence ...
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- Disparities in self-reported hypertension in Hispanic subgroups, non-H...
- PURPOSE: To investigate the prevalence of self-reported hypertension in Hispanic subgroups and non-Hispanic adults in the National Health Interview Survey for years 1997 to 2005, we examined 279,387 r...
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- Self-reported diabetes in Hispanic subgroup, non-Hispanic black, and n...
- OBJECTIVES: We estimated the prevalence of self-reported diabetes in Hispanic subgroup (Puerto Rican, Mexican, Mexican American, Cuban, Dominican, Central and South American, and other Hispanic), non-...
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- Disparities in access to essential new prescription drugs between non-...
- Prior studies do not address racial and ethnic disparities in essential new drug use and whether disparities decrease through time. Using the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (1996-2001), racial and e...
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- Utilizing new prescription drugs: disparities among non-Hispanic white...
- OBJECTIVE: To examine racial and ethnic disparities in new prescription drug use. DATA SOURCES/STUDY SETTING: Secondary data analyses of the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (1996-2001), a national su...
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- Mammography utilization after a benign breast biopsy among Hispanic an...
- BACKGROUND: In spite of the effectiveness of mammography screening for early detection of breast carcinoma, the use of screening mammography varies widely across racial and ethnic groups. Recently, co...
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