AHA Science Advisory Call to Action: Cardiovascular Disease in Asian Americans A Science Advisory From the American Heart Association
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Latha P. Palaniappan, MD, MS, FAHA, Chair; Maria Rosario G. Araneta, PhD; Themistocles L. Assimes, MD, PhD; Elizabeth L. Barrett-Connor, MD, FAHA; Mercedes R. Carnethon, PhD, FAHA; Michael H. Criqui, MD, MPH, FAHA; Gordon L. Fung, MD, PhD, MPH, FAHA; K.M. Venkat Narayan, MD, MSc, FAHA; Hamang Patel, MD; Ruth E. Taylor-Piliae, PhD, RN; Peter W.F. Wilson, MD, FAHA; Nathan D. Wong, PhD, FAHA; on behalf of the American Heart Association Council on Epidemiology and Prevention, Council on Peripheral Vascular Disease, Council on Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Metabolism, and Council on Clinical Cardiology
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