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Research Article

Cardiovascular health among Asian Indians (CHAI): A community research project

Susan Ivey Center for Family and Community Health, School of Public Health, 140 Warren Hall University of California Berkeley, Berkeley CA 94720-7360 USA
,
Shilpa Patel Chapel Hill NC USA
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Preety Kalra Center for Health Care Evaluation VA Palo Alto Health Care System and Stanford University School of Medicine Menlo Park CA USA
,
Kurt Greenlund Cardiovascular Health Branch Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Atlanta GA USA
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Shobha Srinivasan Susceptibility and Population Health Branch, Division of Extramural Research and Training National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Research Triangle Park NC USA
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Damanpreet Grewal University of California Berkeley, Berkeley CA USA
Pages 391-402 | Published online: 06 Jul 2009

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