Ethnic trends in stroke in New Zealand: Closing the gaps or widening?

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 119, Issue 1245, 2006, Pages

  Fink, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIC AGENT;

BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISABILITY; DRUG USE; EDITORIAL; EPIDEMIC; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MORTALITY; NEW ZEALAND; OBESITY; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SECONDARY PREVENTION; STROKE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ABORIGINE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; FEMALE; MALE; NOTE;

CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP;

EID: 33751109458     PISSN: 11758716     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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