Population-based approaches to understanding disparities in cardiovascular disease risk in the United States

International Journal of General Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue , 2014, Pages 393-400

  Graham, Garth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; Health disparities; Heart disease; Hypertension

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ANGIOGRAPHY; AWARENESS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMMUNITY; COMORBIDITY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEATH; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEART DISEASE; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; MINORITY GROUP; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84907326529     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11787074     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/IJGM.S65528     Document Type: Review

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