Effect of duration and age at exposure to the Stroke Belt on incident stroke in adulthood

Neurology

Volumn 80, Issue 18, 2013, Pages 1655-1661

  Howard, Virginia J ^a   McClure, Leslie A ^a   Maria Glymour, M ^d   Cunningham, Solveig A ^e   Kleindorfer, Dawn O ^f   Crowe, Michael ^b   Wadley, Virginia G ^c   Peace, Fredrick ^a   Howard, George ^a   Lackland, Daniel T ^g  

^a Boston University Medical Campus   (United States)

^b Department of Communication Studies   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GEOGRAPHIC PATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS; STROKE BELT; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RISK FACTORS; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES; STROKE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879073311     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e3182904d59     Document Type: Article

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