Higher cardiovascular disease prevalence and mortality among younger blacks compared to whites

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 123, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 811-818

  Jolly, Stacey ^a   Vittinghoff, Eric ^a   Chattopadhyay, Arpita ^a   Bibbins Domingo, Kirsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Epidemiology; Health Disparities; Mortality; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STROKE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NUTRITION SURVEYS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77956212257     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2010.04.020     Document Type: Article

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