Disparities by race, ethnicity, and sex in treating acute coronary syndromes

Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 126-132

  Freund, Karen M ^a   Jacobs, Alice K ^a   Pechacek, Julie A ^a   White, Hilary F ^a   Ash, Arlene S ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICARE; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STENTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84856671286     PISSN: 15409996     EISSN: 1931843X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2010.2580     Document Type: Article

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