From 1960s Evans County Georgia to present-day Jackson, Mississippi: An exploration of the evolution of cardiovascular disease in African Americans

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 325, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 307-314

  Crook, Errol D ^a,e   Clark, Bobby L ^d   Bradford, Shayna T J ^a   Golden, Kimberly ^a   Calvin, Rosie ^b   Taylor Jr , Herman A ^c,d   Flack, John M ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PhD Program   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d JACKSON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Cardiovascular disease; Coronary heart disease; Evans County study of cardiovascular disease; Jackson Heart Study

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MORTALITY; NEGRO; RACE DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037503709     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000441-200306000-00002     Document Type: Conference Paper

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