Familial history of stroke and stroke risk: The Family Heart Study

Stroke

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1908-1912

  Liao, Duanping ^a   Myers, Richard ^b   Hunt, Steven ^c   Shahar, Eyal ^d   Paton, Catherine ^a   Burke, Gregory ^e   Province, Michael ^f   Heiss, Gerardo ^a  

^a University of North Carolina ^*  (United States)

^b University Hospital   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^e WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Genetics; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNIC GROUP; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETICS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STROKE;

EID: 0030694714     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.28.10.1908     Document Type: Article

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