Traditional risk factors as the underlying cause of racial disparities in stroke: lessons from the half-full (empty?) glass.

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Published in Stroke on September 29, 2011

Authors

George Howard1, Mary Cushman, Brett M Kissela, Dawn O Kleindorfer, Leslie A McClure, Monika M Safford, J David Rhodes, Elsayed Z Soliman, Claudia S Moy, Suzanne E Judd, Virginia J Howard, REasons for Geographic And Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) Investigators

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, 1665 University Blvd, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA. ghoward@uab.edu

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