The relationship between socio-economic status, geography, symptomatic carotid territory disease and carotid endarterectomy

European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 145-149

  MacKenzie, R ^a   Nimmo, F ^b   Bachoo, P ^a   Alozairi, O ^a   Brittenden, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Carotid endarterectomy; Geographical; Socioeconomics group; Stroke; Transient ischaemic attack

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOGRAPHY; GROUPS BY AGE; GROUPS BY SEX; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MANTEL HAENSZEL TEST; PATIENT CODING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS; STANDARDIZATION; STROKE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0043169680     PISSN: 10785884     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/ejvs.2002.1949     Document Type: Article

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