Journal of the American Society of Hypertension
Volume 1, Issue 2 , Pages 145-149 , March 2007

Declining stroke burden among white and black male veteran subjects

  • Masoor Kamalesh, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Indiana University, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
    • Roudebush VA Medical Center, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Masoor Kamalesh, MD, (111C), 1481 West 10th Street, VAMC, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202. Tel: 317-988-2401; fax: 317-988-3531.
    • ,
  • Jianzhao Shen, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Indiana University, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
    • ,
  • William Tierney, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Indiana University, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
    • Roudebush VA Medical Center, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA

Received 17 November 2006 ,Accepted 3 January 2007.

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 Conflict of interest: none.

PII: S1933-1711(07)00013-7

doi: 10.1016/j.jash.2007.01.001

Journal of the American Society of Hypertension
Volume 1, Issue 2 , Pages 145-149 , March 2007

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