Increasing trends in pre-transport stroke deaths - United States, 1990-1998

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 13, Issue 2 SUPPL. 2, 2003, Pages

  Ayala, Carma ^a   Croft, Janet B ^a   Keenan, Nora L ^a   Neff, Linda J ^a   Greenlund, Kurt J ^a   Donehoo, Ralph S ^a   Zheng, Zhi Jie ^a   Mensah, George A ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Disparities; Pre transport; Stroke deaths; Trends

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORTALITY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; SOCIAL ASPECT; STROKE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SYMPTOM; UNITED STATES; VITAL STATISTICS; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SURVIVAL RATE; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0042027540     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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