Cardiovascular disease in racial and ethnic minorities
By: edited by Keith C. Ferdinand and Annemarie Armani
Series: Contemporary cardiology; Contemporary cardiology (Totowa, N.J. : Unnumbered)
Publisher: Humana; Springer [distributor]; Humana Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Totowa, N.J; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 331
ISBN-13: 9781588299819; 9781597454100; 9781607617785
Subjects: Health and hygiene; Genetics; Diseases; Minority Health; Cardiovascular Diseases; Discrimination in medical care; Minorities; Genetic aspects; African Americans; Cardiovascular system; Mortality
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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.