Reporting and representation of ethnic minorities in cardiovascular trials: A systematic review

American Heart Journal

Volumn 166, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 52-57

  Zhang, Tony ^a   Tsang, Wendy ^b   Wijeysundera, Harindra C ^a,c,d,e   Ko, Dennis T ^a,c,d,e  

^a INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY STENT; DEMOGRAPHY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART FAILURE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT VARIABLE; INTERVENTION STUDY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDLINE; PREVENTION STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SAMPLE SIZE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; ETHNIC GROUPS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MINORITY GROUPS; MORBIDITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84879786274     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2013.03.022     Document Type: Article

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