Racial misclassification and disparities in cardiovascular disease among American Indians and Alaska Natives

Circulation

Volumn 111, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1250-1256

  Rhoades, Dorothy A ^a,b   Lapp, Teresa ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b Mail Stop F800 ^*  (United States)

^c Nighthorse Campbell Native Hlth B   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Epidemiology; Indians, North American; Inuits

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMERICAN INDIAN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESKIMO; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ALASKA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DEATH CERTIFICATES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; INUITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SELECTION BIAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 15244351668     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.0000157735.25005.3F     Document Type: Conference Paper

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