Open AccessFactors Explaining Excess Stroke Prevalence: The Spanish Stroke Belt
Author(s) -
Luis CastillaGuerra,
María del Carmen FernándezMoreno,
Jorge Marín-Martín
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
stroke
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.397
H-Index - 319
eISSN - 1524-4628
pISSN - 0039-2499
DOI - 10.1161/strokeaha.109.570648
Subject(s) - stroke (engine) , medicine , humanities , epidemiology , demography , sociology , art , mechanical engineering , engineering
To the Editor:We have read with interest the article of Liao et al on factors explaining excess stroke prevalence in the US stroke belt.1 Identifying the factors contributing to stroke disparities is clearly an important question, as long as the precise reason for this has been a topic of debate and controversy for decades. Moreover, we consider that when these results …
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