Geographic distribution of stroke incidence within an urban population: Relations to socioeconomic circumstances and prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors

Stroke

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1098-1103

  Engström, Gunnar ^a   Jerntorp, Ingela ^a   Pessah Rasmussen, Hélène ^a   Hedblad, Bo ^a   Berglund, Göran ^a   Janzon, Lars ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cigarette smoking; Epidemiology; Hypertension; Social class

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; STROKE; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0034852307     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.32.5.1098     Document Type: Article

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