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Associations between Cumulative Biological Risk and Subclinical Atherosclerosis in Middle- and Older-Aged South Asian Immigrants in the United States. 美国中老年南亚移民的累积生物风险与亚临床动脉粥样硬化的关系。

Journal of Asian health Pub Date : 2021-07-14 DOI: 10.59448/jah.v1i1.2

S. Talegawkar, Yichen Jin, N. Kandula, A. Kanaya

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Why We Need Preventative Cancer Screening Processes for High-Risk Populations 为什么我们需要对高危人群进行预防性癌症筛查

Journal of Asian health Pub Date : 2021-07-14 DOI: 10.59448/jah.v1i1.6

Jennifer Soh, J. Hwang

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Achieving Equity in Asian American Healthcare: Critical Issues and Solutions. 实现亚裔美国人医疗保健公平：关键问题和解决方案

Journal of Asian health Pub Date : 2021-07-01 Epub Date: 2021-07-14 DOI: 10.59448/jah.v1i1.3

Jed Keenan Obra, Bryant Lin, Lan N Đoàn, Latha Palaniappan, Malathi Srinivasan

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Increased Self-Reported Discrimination and Concern for Physical Assault Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic in Chinese, Vietnamese, Korean, Japanese, and Filipino Americans 在中国、越南、韩国、日本和菲律宾裔美国人中，由于COVID-19大流行，自我报告的歧视和对身体攻击的担忧增加

Journal of Asian health Pub Date : 2020-09-18 DOI: 10.1101/2020.09.15.20194720

Sierra K. Ha, A. Nguyen, Chloe Sales, Rachel S. Chang, Hillary Ta, M. Srinivasan, Sukyung Chung, L. Palaniappan, Bryant Lin

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