An Approach to Coordinate Efforts to Reduce the Public Health Burden of Stroke: The Delta States Stroke Consortium

• Main Authors: Virginia J. Howard (Author), Joe Acker (Author), Camilo R. Gomez (Author), Ada H. Griffies (Author), Wanda Magers (Author), Max Michael III (Author), Sean R. Orr (Author), Martha Phillips (Author), James M. Raczynski (Author), John E. Searcy (Author), Richard M. Zweifler (Author), George Howard (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2004-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Stroke is the third leading cause of death and a leading cause of disability in the United States, with a particularly high burden on the residents of the southeastern states, a region dubbed the Stroke Belt. These five states Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Tennessee have formed the...