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The legacy of slavery and contemporary declines in heart disease mortality in the U.S. South

BACKGROUND: This study aims to characterize the role of county-specific legacy of slavery in patterning temporal (i.e., 1968–2014), and geographic (i.e., Southern counties) declines in heart disease mortality. In this context, the U.S. has witnessed dramatic declines in heart disease mortality since...

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Autores principales: Kramer, Michael R., Black, Nyesha C., Matthews, Stephen A., James, Sherman A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5718368/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29226214
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2017.07.004