Short- and long-term sunlight radiation and stroke incidence

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 32-37

  Kent, Shia T ^a   McClure, Leslie A ^a   Judd, Suzanne E ^a   Howard, Virginia J ^a   Crosson, William L ^b   Al Hamdan, Mohammad Z ^b   Wadley, Virginia G ^c   Peace, Fredrick ^a   Kabagambe, Edmond K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^c University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOLAR RADIATION; SUN EXPOSURE; SUNLIGHT; SURVIVAL RATE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; COHORT STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; SUNLIGHT; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84873359895     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: 15318249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.23737     Document Type: Article

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