Impact of race on health care utilization and outcomes in veterans with congestive heart failure.

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• Publication year

  2004

• Venue

  Journal of the American College of Cardiology

• Publication date

  2004-03-03

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Sociology

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1016/J.JACC.2003.10.033PMID 14998616
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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