Role of social class in excess black stroke mortality.

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Published in Stroke on October 01, 1995

Authors

G Howard1, G B Russell, R Anderson, G W Evans, T Morgan, V J Howard, G L Burke

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Public Health Sciences, Bowman Gray School of Medicine of Wake Forrest University, Winsto-Salem, NC 27157-1063, USA.

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