Use of cardiovascular procedures among black persons and white persons: A 7-year nationwide study in patients with renal disease

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 173-182

  Daumit, Gail L ^a   Hermann, Judith A ^a   Coresh, Josef ^a   Powe, Neil R ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM EXAMINATION; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVASCULARIZATION; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 0033514504     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-130-3-199902020-00002     Document Type: Article

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