The socioeconomic stroke puzzle

Stroke

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 4-5

  Kurth, Tobias ^a,b   Berger, Klaus ^c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDITORIAL; EDUCATION PROGRAM; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; JOB STRESS; LIFESTYLE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MORTALITY; NURSING HOME; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STROKE; SURVIVAL RATE;

CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; LIFE STYLE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; RISK FACTORS; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 33845919189     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.0000252874.11524.cc     Document Type: Editorial

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