Literature DB >> 7586484

Coronary heart disease in African Americans: primary and secondary prevention.

L T Clark1, O Emerole.   

Abstract

Coronary heart disease develops sooner in African Americans than in whites and causes a higher rate of mortality. Because multiple risk factors and risk factor clustering are common, efforts at primary and secondary prevention in this population need to address the total risk-factor profile.

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Year:  1995        PMID： 7586484     DOI： 10.3949/ccjm.62.5.285

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Cleve Clin J Med        ISSN： 0891-1150            Impact factor:   2.321


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3.  Epidemiology of hypertension and cardiovascular disease in African Americans.

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