Declining stroke incidence and improving survival in US communities: Evidence for success and future challenges

JAMA

Volumn 312, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 237-238

  Sacco, Ralph L ^a   Dong, Chuanhui ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIC AGENT; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ATHEROSCLEROSIS RISK IN COMMUNITIES; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET; EDITORIAL; ETHNICITY; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MORTALITY; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SEX; SMOKING; SURVIVAL; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES;

BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; STROKE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE;

EID: 84904259515     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2014.7693     Document Type: Editorial

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