Annals of Epidemiology
Volume 20, Issue 8 , Pages 629-641 , August 2010

Design and Implementation of the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos

  • Paul D. Sorlie, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Paul D. Sorlie, PhD, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Epidemiology Branch, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 10210, MSC 7936, Bethesda, MD 20892. Tel.: +1-301-435-0456; Fax: +1-301-480-1455.
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  • Larissa M. Avilés-Santa, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
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  • Sylvia Wassertheil-Smoller, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY
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  • Robert C. Kaplan, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY
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  • Martha L. Daviglus, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Preventive Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
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  • Aida L. Giachello, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Midwest Latino Health Research, Training and Policy Center, University of Illinois-Chicago, Chicago, IL
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  • Neil Schneiderman, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, University of Miami, Miami, FL
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  • Leopoldo Raij, MD

      Affiliations

    • Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL
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  • Gregory Talavera, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Graduate School of Public Health, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
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  • Matthew Allison, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA
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  • Lisa LaVange, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Collaborative Studies Coordinating Center, Department of Biostatistics, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
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  • Lloyd E. Chambless, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Collaborative Studies Coordinating Center, Department of Biostatistics, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
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  • Gerardo Heiss, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Collaborative Studies Coordinating Center, Department of Biostatistics, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC

Received 5 January 2010 ,Accepted 3 March 2010.

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PII: S1047-2797(10)00072-4

doi: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2010.03.015

Annals of Epidemiology
Volume 20, Issue 8 , Pages 629-641 , August 2010

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