Research in Coronary Heart Disease in Blacks: Issues and challenges

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 250-269

  Francis, Charles K ^a  

^a Harlem Hospital Center ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Blacks; Coronary heart disease; Coronary microvasculature; Epidemiology; Left ventricular hypertrophy; Risk factors; Sudden cardiac death; Treatment; Vascular biology

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ETHNOLOGY; GENETICS; HUMAN; NEGRO; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RESEARCH; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CORONARY DISEASE; HUMANS; RESEARCH; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0031201445     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2010.0632     Document Type: Article

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