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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2013-11-01
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Series: | The Lancet Global Health |
Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214109X13700688 |