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Background: The Boston Puerto Rican Health Study is an ongoing
longitudinal cohort study designed to examine the role of psychosocial stress on
presence and development of allostatic load and health outcomes in Puerto Ricans, and
potential modification by nutritional status, genetic variation, and social
support.
Keywords: Activities ... read moreof Daily Living, Body mass index, Boston Puerto
Rican Health Study, Center for Epidemiology Studies Depression scale, Food frequency
questionnaire, Instrumental Activities of Daily Living, Mini mental state
examination, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, Non-Hispanic white,
United Statesx.
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- Tucker, Katherine, Josiemer Mattei, Sabrina E. Noel, Bridgette
M. Collado, Jackie Mendez, Jason Nelson, John Griffith, Jose M. Ordovas, and Luis M.
Falcon. "The Boston Puerto Rican Health Study, a longitudinal cohort study on health
disparities in Puerto Rican adults: challenges and opportunities." BMC Public Health
10, no. 1 (12, 2010): 1-12.
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