Race-sex differences in the management of hyperlipidemia: The reasons for geographic and racial differences in stroke study

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 520-527

  Safford, Monika M ^a   Gamboa, Christopher M ^b   Durant, Raegan W ^a   Brown, Todd M ^a   Glasser, Stephen P ^a   Shikany, James M ^a   Zweifler, Richard M ^c   Howard, George ^b   Muntner, Paul ^b  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICIAN; PRESCRIPTION; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; AGED; ETHNOLOGY; FACTUAL DATABASE; GEOGRAPHY; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; MIDDLE AGED; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; STROKE;

EID: 84928249654     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: 18732607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2014.10.025     Document Type: Article

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