Sex and stroke: Are they really different in midlife?

Neurology

Volumn 69, Issue 20, 2007, Pages 1894-1895

  Barrett, Kevin M ^a   Worrall, Bradford B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; SEX HORMONE;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTRACEPTION; DATA ANALYSIS; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH SURVEY; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STROKE;

EID: 36048973572     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000290698.62620.a9     Document Type: Editorial

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