Is There a Sex or Race Difference in Stroke Mortality?

Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 179-186

  Jiang, Yanming ^a   Sheikh, Kazim ^a   Bullock, Claudia ^a  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

definition; measurement; mortality; race difference; sex difference; Stroke

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; GENDER; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; STROKE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33748288184     PISSN: 10523057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2006.05.007     Document Type: Article

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