Addressing cardiovascular disparities through community interventions

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 138-144

  Shaya, Fadia T ^a,b,c   Gu, Anna ^a   Saunders, Elijah ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF PHARMACY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Outcomes Research/ Epidemiology   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Behavioral interventions; Cardiovascular diseases; Compliance; Hypertension; Type 2 diabetes

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MEDLINE; PHARMACIST; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RACISM; RISK FACTOR; COMMUNITY CARE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HYPERTENSION; METHODOLOGY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; PROGRAM EVALUATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33745000731     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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