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

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 f...

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Main Authors: Prof. Richard W Walker, MD, Ahmed Jusabani, MD, Eric Aris, MD, William K Gray, PhD, Prof. Nigel Unwin, DM, Mark Swai, MD, Prof. George Alberti, PhD, Ferdinand Mugusi, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2013-11-01
Series:The Lancet Global Health
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214109X13700688