Factors explaining excess stroke prevalence in the US stroke belt

Stroke

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 3336-3341

  Liao, Youlian ^a   Greenlund, Kurt J ^a   Croft, Janet B ^a   Keenan, Nora L ^b   Giles, Wayne H ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Public policy; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; STROKE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSALITY; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STROKE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349678518     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.109.561688     Document Type: Article

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