Hypertension, End-Stage Renal Disease and Rehabilitation: A Look at Black Americans.

Livingston, Ivor Lensworth; Ackah, Samuel

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Publication Date: 1992

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Hypertension, End-Stage Renal Disease and Rehabilitation: A Look at Black Americans.

Livingston, Ivor Lensworth; Ackah, Samuel

Western Journal of Black Studies, v16 n2 p103-12 Sum 1992

Reviews the important relationship between end-stage renal disease (ESRD) and hypertension for African Americans; and considers issues associated with ESRD and the subsequent need for kidney transplants, including organ availability. Individual and societal implications of these diseases are discussed. (SLD)

Descriptors: Blacks, Disease Control, Disease Incidence, Economically Disadvantaged, Epidemiology, Hypertension, Physical Health, Political Issues, Prevention, Racial Differences, Rehabilitation, Special Health Problems, Stress Variables

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative

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Language: English

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