A midlife stroke surge among women in the United States

Neurology

Volumn 69, Issue 20, 2007, Pages 1898-1904

  Towfighi, Amytis ^a,b   Saver, Jeffrey L ^a   Engelhardt, Rita ^a   Ovbiagele, Bruce ^a  

^a UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STROKE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 36048994244     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000268491.89956.c2     Document Type: Article

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