Influence of socioeconomic status on mortality after stroke: Retrospective cohort study

Stroke

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 310-314

  Arrich, Jasmin ^a   Lalouschek, Wolfgang ^a   Müllner, Marcus ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Ischemic attack, transient; Mortality; Socioeconomic factors; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCOME; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OCCUPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STROKE; SURVIVAL; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; WORKER;

AGED; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COHORT STUDIES; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL CLASS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 12844254313     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.0000152962.92621.b5     Document Type: Article

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