Decline in US stroke mortality an analysis of temporal patterns by sex, race, and geographic region

Stroke

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 2213-2218

  Howard, George ^a   Howard, Virginia J ^a   Katholi, Charles ^a   Oli, Madan K ^b   Huston, Sara ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c N Carolina Div of Public Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebrovascular disorders; Epidemiology; Geography; Mortality; Racial differences

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STROKE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034791745     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/hs1001.096047     Document Type: Article

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