American Heart Journal
Volume 157, Issue 1 , Pages 53-59, January 2009

Association between language and risk factor levels among Hispanic adults with hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, or diabetes

  • Pracha P. Eamranond, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Division of General Medicine and Primary Care, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Pracha P. Eamranond, MD, MPH, 1309 Beacon Street, Brookline, MA 02446.
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  • Anna T.R. Legedza, ScD

      Affiliations

    • Division of General Medicine and Primary Care, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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  • Ana V. Diez-Roux, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, MI
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  • Namratha R. Kandula, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Division of General Internal Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
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  • Walter Palmas, MD, MS

      Affiliations

    • Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY
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  • David S. Siscovick, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Cardiovascular Health Research Unit, Departments of Medicine and Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
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  • Kenneth J. Mukamal, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Division of General Medicine and Primary Care, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

Received 11 February 2008; accepted 16 August 2008.

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 This work was presented orally at the Society of General Internal Medicine 30th Annual Meeting on April 27, 2007. Dr Eamranond was supported by an Institutional National Research Service Award T32 HP11001-18.

PII: S0002-8703(08)00730-8

doi:10.1016/j.ahj.2008.08.015

American Heart Journal
Volume 157, Issue 1 , Pages 53-59, January 2009

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