Racial disparity in stroke risk factors: The Berlin-Ibadan experience; A retrospective study

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 81-87

  Owolabi, M O ^a   Ugoya, S ^b   Platz, T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JOS   (Nigeria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blacks; Cerebral infarction; Epidemiology; Stroke; Vascular risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BRAIN INFARCTION; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGERIA; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; STROKE;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BERLIN; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; DEMOGRAPHY; DYSLIPIDEMIAS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; PILOT PROJECTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; STROKE;

EID: 58449116844     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: 16000404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.2008.01077.x     Document Type: Article

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