Differences in medical care and disease outcomes among black and white women with heart disease

Circulation

Volumn 108, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1089-1094

  Jha, Ashish K ^a,c   Varosy, Paul D ^a   Kanaya, Alka M ^b   Hunninghake, Donald B ^d   Hlatky, Mark A ^e   Waters, David D ^a   Furberg, Curt D ^f   Shlipak, Michael G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Prevention; Women

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; GESTAGEN; STATINE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY RISK; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL CARE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY DISEASE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0042818095     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.0000085994.38132.E5     Document Type: Article

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