A triethnic comparison of intracerebral hemorrhage mortality in Texas

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 919-923

  Morgenstern, Lewis B ^a,b   Spears, William D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STROKE; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RISK; RISK-TAKING; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TEXAS;

EID: 0031439760     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.410420614     Document Type: Article

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