Cardiovascular disease in asian americans: Unmasking heterogeneity

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 64, Issue 23, 2014, Pages 2495-2497

  De Souza, Russell J ^a   Anand, Sonia S ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asian American; cardiovascular; ethnic; stroke

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ASIAN AMERICAN; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOMETABOLIC RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHINESE; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FILIPINO (PEOPLE); HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INDIAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; JAPANESE (PEOPLE); LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NOTE; NUTRITION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; VIETNAMESE; FEMALE; MALE; MORTALITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ASIAN AMERICANS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84926302126     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2014.09.050     Document Type: Editorial

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