Cardiovascular disease in American Indian and alaska native youth: Unique risk factors and areas of scholarly need

Jason F. Deen; Alexandra K. Adams; Amanda Fretts; Stacey Jolly; Ana Navas-Acien; Richard B. Devereux; Dedra Buchwald; Barbara V. Howard

doi:10.1161/JAHA.117.007576

Cardiovascular disease in American Indian and alaska native youth: Unique risk factors and areas of scholarly need

Jason F. Deen, Alexandra K. Adams, Amanda Fretts, Stacey Jolly, Ana Navas-Acien, Richard B. Devereux, Dedra Buchwald, Barbara V. Howard

Bloomberg School of Public Health

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Original language	English (US)
Article number	e007576
Journal	Journal of the American Heart Association
Volume	6
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.117.007576
State	Published - Oct 1 2017

Keywords

Alaska Native
American Indian
Cardiovascular disease
Risk factors
Youth

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Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

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Cardiovascular disease in American Indian and alaska native youth : Unique risk factors and areas of scholarly need. / Deen, Jason F.; Adams, Alexandra K.; Fretts, Amanda; Jolly, Stacey; Navas-Acien, Ana; Devereux, Richard B.; Buchwald, Dedra; Howard, Barbara V.

In: Journal of the American Heart Association, Vol. 6, No. 10, e007576, 01.10.2017.

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