Excess risk of stroke in australia's aboriginal and torres strait islander populations

Stroke

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1501-1502

  Thrift, Amanda G ^a,b   Cadilhac, Dominique A ^a,b   Eades, Sandra ^a,c,d  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b FLOREY INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Australia)

^c BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

burden; linked data; stroke

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; AUSTRALIA; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; EDITORIAL; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; STROKE; TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER;

AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES, INDIGENOUS; HUMANS; MALE; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; RISK FACTORS; STROKE;

EID: 79958273977     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.111.617746     Document Type: Editorial

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