Addressing Inequities in Cardiovascular Disease and Maternal Health in Black Women.

Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes

Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Sarver Heart Center, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ (K.B.).

Published: February 2021

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