Race/ethnicity and location of stroke mortality: Implications for population-based studies

Stroke

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1501-1505

  Wein, Theodore H ^a   Smith, Melinda A ^a   Morgenstern, Lewis B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Blacks; Hispanic Americans; Mortality; Population surveillance; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEGRO; NURSING HOME; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STROKE;

EID: 0032776132     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.30.8.1501     Document Type: Article

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