Ancel keys lecture adventures (and misadventures) in understanding (and reducing) disparities in stroke mortality

Stroke

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 3254-3259

  Howard, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Geography; Mortality; Race; Rural health; Stroke; Urban health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

GEOGRAPHY; MORTALITY; RACE; RURAL HEALTH; STROKE; URBAN HEALTH;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; DATA COLLECTION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; MORTALITY; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; STROKE; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84889099802     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.113.002113     Document Type: Article

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