Poor countries have disproportionately higher burden of disease from stroke than from heart disease

Tuesday, July 5, 2011 - 16:30 in Health & Medicine

Countries with lower national income have disproportionately higher rates of death and disability associated with stroke compared with ischemic heart disease, according to a study published in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association.

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