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Editorial
. 2024 Jun 1;20(6):841-844.
doi: 10.5664/jcsm.11072.

Disparities in sleep care and cardiovascular outcomes: defining the problem and implementing solutions

William J Healy  1 , Dayna A Johnson  2 , Xiaoyue Liu  3 , Girardin Jean-Louis  4 , Younghoon Kwon  5
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Editorial

Disparities in sleep care and cardiovascular outcomes: defining the problem and implementing solutions

William J Healy et al. J Clin Sleep Med. .
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Conflict of interest statement

All authors have seen and approved the manuscript. This work was funded in part by NHLBI R01HL157954. The authors report no conflicts of interest.

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Figure 1. Schematic of how structural racism has contributed to disparities in social determinants of health, which have created disparities in sleep care and cardiovascular outcomes.
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