Prevalence of traditional cardiovascular risk factors among Nigerians with stroke

Cardiovascular Journal of Africa

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 290-294

  Karaye, K M ^a   Nashabaru, I ^a   Fika, G M ^a   Ibrahim, D A ^a   Maiyaki, B M ^a   Ishaq, N A ^a   Abubakar, L Y ^a   Nalado, A M ^a   Hassan, M ^a   Bello, A K ^a   Yusuf, S M ^a  

^a BAYERO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGERIA; PREVALENCE; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; STROKE; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DYSLIPIDEMIAS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; PREVALENCE; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; STROKE;

EID: 40949123808     PISSN: 19951892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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