Declining stroke burden among white and black male veteran subjects

Journal of the American Society of Hypertension

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 145-149

  Kamalesh, Masoor ^a,b   Shen, Jianzhao ^a   Tierney, William ^a,b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

incidence; race; Stroke; veterans

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAUCASIAN; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEGRO; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STROKE; VETERAN;

EID: 34247855974     PISSN: 19331711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jash.2007.01.001     Document Type: Article

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