Stroke in African Americans

Neurologic Clinics

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 273-290

  Lynch, Gwendolyn Ford ^b   Gorelick, Philip B ^b  

^a Center for Stroke Research   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; DISABILITY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORTALITY; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STROKE;

EID: 0034009467     PISSN: 07338619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0733-8619(05)70192-4     Document Type: Article

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