Creating a transdisciplinary research center to reduce cardiovascular health disparities in Baltimore, Maryland: Lessons learned

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 103, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Cooper, Lisa A ^a   Boulware, L Ebony ^a   Miller III, Edgar R ^a   Golden, Sherita Hill ^a   Carson, Kathryn A ^b   Noronha, Gary ^a   Huizinga, Mary Margaret ^c   Roter, Debra L ^d   Yeh, Hsin Chieh ^a   Bone, Lee R ^d   Levine, David M ^a   Hill Briggs, Felicia ^a   Charleston, Jeanne ^a   Kim, Miyong ^b   Wang, Nae Yuh ^a   Aboumatar, Hanan ^a   Halbert, Jennifer P ^a   Ephraim, Patti L ^b   Brancati, Frederick L ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COOPERATION; EDUCATION; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; PROCEDURES; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; STANDARDS; UNITED STATES; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; STANDARD;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; BALTIMORE; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; PUBLIC-PRIVATE SECTOR PARTNERSHIPS;

EID: 84879014375     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2013.301297     Document Type: Article

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