Birth and adult residence in the Stroke Belt independently predict stroke mortality

Neurology

Volumn 73, Issue 22, 2009, Pages 1858-1865

  Glymour, M Maria ^a   Kosheleva, Anna ^a   Boden Albala, Bernadette ^b,c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

^c Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RESIDENTIAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; STROKE; UNITED STATES; CAUCASIAN; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; HEALTH SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; NEGRO; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; TIME;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES; STROKE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 73349110398     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e3181c47cad     Document Type: Article

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