Open AccessAbility of Ethnic Self-Identification to Partition Modifiable Health Risk Among US Residents of Mexican Ancestry
Author(s) -
Steven D. Barger,
Linda C. Gallo
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2007.122754
Subject(s) - ethnic group , socioeconomic status , medicine , demography , odds ratio , obesity , overweight , self rated health , confidence interval , gerontology , health equity , body mass index , population , public health , environmental health , nursing , sociology , anthropology
We examined the relationship between ethnic self-identification and the partitioning of health risk within a Mexican American population.