Stroke risk factors in an incident population in urban and rural Tanzania: a prospective, community-based, case-control study

• Автори: Prof. Richard W Walker, MD (Автор), Ahmed Jusabani, MD (Автор), Eric Aris, MD (Автор), William K Gray, PhD (Автор), Prof. Nigel Unwin, DM (Автор), Mark Swai, MD (Автор), Prof. George Alberti, PhD (Автор), Ferdinand Mugusi, MD (Автор)
• Формат: Книга
• Опубліковано: Elsevier, 2013-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Предмети: article
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Background: The burden of stroke on health systems in low-income and middle-income countries is increasing. However, high-quality data for modifiable stroke risk factors in sub-Saharan Africa are scarce, with no community-based, case-control studies previously published. We aimed to identify risk fa...