Publication

2009 - Humana, Totowa, N.J, New Jersey

Language

English

Word Count

82,750 words, Guess

Page Count

331 pages

Identifiers

and 10 more
  • ISBN-139781597454100
  • ISBN-139781607617785
  • ISBN-101607617781
  • Library of Congress Control Number2009920398
  • OCLC Control Number318673056
  • Better World BooksO8-BLO-449
  • Better World Books9781588299819
  • Better World Books9781597454100
  • Better World BooksO6-EKF-175
  • Open LibraryOL24790776M

Classifications

  • DDC614.591
  • LCCRC669 .C365 2009
  • LCCRC681-688.2RC1-1245R
and 1 more
  • LCCRC666-701.2

Description

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 factor prevalence, disease states, and cardiovascular outcomes in the United States. Written by a team of experts, Cardiovascular Disease in Racial and Ethnic Minorities examines to what degree biomedical and scientific literature can clarify the impact of genetic variation versus environment as related to cardiovascular disease. Chapters illustrate the magnitude of cardiovascular and metabolic disparities and the effect of environment on diseases--Publisher website.

Subjects

Series Statement

  • Contemporary cardiology
  • Contemporary cardiology (Totowa, N.J. : Unnumbered)

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