President's Page: Disparities in cardiovascular care: Finding ways to narrow the gap

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 563-565

  Harold, John Gordon ^a   Williams, Kim Allan ^a  

^a AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CAUCASIAN; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMMUNITY CARE; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEART DISEASE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY FAILURE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFESTYLE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICARE; MORBIDITY; OBESITY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SMOKING; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84881088090     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2013.07.001     Document Type: Editorial

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