Hypertensive vascular disease as a cause of death in blacks versus whites: Autopsy findings in 587 adults

Hypertension

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1070-1076

  Onwuanyi, Anekwe ^a   Hodges, David ^a,b   Avancha, Amarnath ^a   Weiss, Linda ^b   Rabinowitz, Daniel ^c   Shea, Steven ^b,c   Francis, Charles K ^a  

^a HARLEM HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Columbia Univ Coll Phys Surgs ^*  (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Autopsy; Cardiovascular diseases; Race

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUCASIAN; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0031942992     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.HYP.31.5.1070     Document Type: Article

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