Geographic variations in stroke incidence and mortality among older populations in four US communities

Stroke

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1975-1979

  El Saed, Aiman ^a   Kuller, Lewis H ^a   Newman, Anne B ^a   Lopez, Oscar ^b   Costantino, Joseph ^a   McTigue, Kathleen ^c   Cushman, Mary ^d   Kronmal, Richard ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Geography; Incidence; Mortality; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STROKE; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES; AGED; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INCIDENCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALIFORNIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MARYLAND; NORTH CAROLINA; PENNSYLVANIA;

EID: 33747159869     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.0000231453.98473.67     Document Type: Article

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