The slavery hypertension hypothesis: Dissemination and appeal of a modern race theory

Epidemiology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 111-118

  Kaufman, Jay S ^a   Hall, Susan A ^a  

^a IL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD VOLUME; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; ETHNIC GROUP; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HEAT STRESS; HISTORY; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTHESIS; MANUAL LABOR; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; SALT INTAKE; SLAVERY; SODIUM METABOLISM; SURVIVAL; THEORY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ETHNOLOGY; GENETICS; KNOWLEDGE; METABOLISM; NEGRO; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; KNOWLEDGE; MODELS, GENETIC; PREJUDICE; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL PROBLEMS; SODIUM CHLORIDE, DIETARY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037209054     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001648-200301000-00027     Document Type: Review

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