Reasons underlying racial differences in stroke incidence and mortality

Stroke

Volumn 44, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2013, Pages

  Howard, Virginia J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Health status disparities; Incidence; Risk factors; Statistics and numeric data; Stroke prevention and control; Stroke, epidemiology; Stroke, mortality

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE;

AFRICAN AMERICANS, STATISTICS AND NUMERIC DATA; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; INCIDENCE; RISK FACTORS; STROKE PREVENTION AND CONTROL; STROKE, EPIDEMIOLOGY; STROKE, MORTALITY;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STROKE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84880272359     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.111.000691     Document Type: Conference Paper

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