Risk factor profiles of South Asians with cerebrovascular disease

International Journal of Stroke

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 346-348

  Itrat, Ahmad ^a   Ahmed, Bilal ^a   Khan, Maria ^a   Muhammad, Murtaza ^a   Thaver, Danyal ^b   Khowaja, Zubair ^b   Ali, Shehzad ^b   Bawa, Zeeshan ^b   Rahat, Muhammad ^b   Kamran Kamal, Ayeesha ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^b DOW UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Asia; Developing countries; Epidemiology; Prevention; Risk factors; Socio economic factors; Stroke; Vascular events

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PAKISTAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SOUTH ASIA; STROKE; TOBACCO; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; OBESITY; PAKISTAN; POVERTY AREAS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; STROKE;

EID: 79960238665     PISSN: 17474930     EISSN: 17474949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-4949.2011.00622.x     Document Type: Article

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