Preventing stroke: Does race/ethnicity matter?

Circulation

Volumn 116, Issue 19, 2007, Pages 2099-2100

  Wolf, Philip A ^a   Kannel, William B ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Editorials; Ethnicity; Genetics; Race; Stroke; Subcortical infarction

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOLISM; CAUSE OF DEATH; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EDITORIAL; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART DISEASE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMMOBILIZATION; INCIDENCE; MIGRAINE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CLASS; STROKE; UNITED STATES;

CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; STROKE;

EID: 35848942373     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.107.736942     Document Type: Editorial

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