Cardiovascular Disease in Racial and Ethnic Minorities

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Ferdinand, Keith C. (Editor), Armani, Annemarie (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Totowa, NJ : Humana Press, 2010.
• Series: Contemporary Cardiology
• Subjects: Medicine.; General practice (Medicine).; Internal medicine.; Cardiology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Internal Medicine.; General Practice / Family Medicine.

Cardiovascular heart disease mortality in African Americans is the highest of all major racial/ethnic subpopulations in the United States. Examining race and ethnicity, Cardiovascular Disease in Racial and Ethnic Minorities will reveal that there are unacceptable healthcare disparities in risk facto...