Ethnic and geographic variation in stroke mortality trends

Stroke

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 3294-3296

  Gillum, Richard F ^a   Kwagyan, John ^a   Obisesan, Thomas O ^a  

^a HOWARD UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; aging; cerebrovascular disorders; geography; mortality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; GENDER; GEOGRAPHY; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; STROKE; UNITED STATES; URBANIZATION;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; STROKE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80055015428     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.111.625343     Document Type: Article

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