Pediatric stroke belt: Geographic variation in stroke mortality in US children

Stroke

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1570-1573

  Fullerton, Heather J ^a   Elkins, Jacob S ^a   Johnston, S Claiborne ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Child; Mortality; Southeastern United States; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHILD; DEATH CERTIFICATE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STROKE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 3042646250     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.0000130514.21773.95     Document Type: Article

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