Commentary: The slavery hypothesis of hypertension among African-Americans

Epidemiology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 118-119

  Blackburn, Henry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; BLOOD PRESSURE; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNIC GROUP; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTHESIS; MIGRATION; NOTE; PHENOTYPE; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SLAVERY; THEORY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ETHNOLOGY; GENETICS; NEGRO; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MODELS, GENETIC; PREJUDICE; SOCIAL PROBLEMS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037208903     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001648-200301000-00028     Document Type: Note

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