Estimation of the risk of stroke in black populations in Barbados and South London

Stroke

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1986-1990

  Wolfe, Charles D A ^a   Corbin, David O C ^b   Smeeton, Nigel C ^a   Gay, Glenda H E ^b   Rudd, Anthony G ^c   Hennis, Anselm J ^b   Wilks, Rainford J ^d   Fraser, Henry S ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^c ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Incidence; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; COMMUNITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STROKE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BARBADOS; CAUCASIAN; CENTRAL AMERICA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BARBADOS; CARIBBEAN REGION; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONDON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 33747155341     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.0000230578.10937.a6     Document Type: Article

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