Prevalence and risk factors for cerebrovascular disease in community-dwelling Latinos

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 110, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 985-987

  Sanossian, Nerses ^a   Wu, Joanne ^b   Azen, Stanley P ^a,b   Varma, Rohit ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Latino; Prevalence; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY LIVING; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; STROKE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LOS ANGELES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS;

EID: 54049088496     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2008.06.009     Document Type: Article

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