Eliminating racial and ethnic disparities in cardiac care

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 360, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1172-1174

  Peterson, Eric ^a   Yancy, Clyde W ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DOCUMENTATION; DRUG RESPONSE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEART FAILURE; NOTE; RACE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ETHNIC GROUPS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HEALTHY PEOPLE PROGRAMS; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 62749206657     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp0810121     Document Type: Article

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