Effect of measurement on sex difference in stroke mortality

Stroke

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1085-1087

  Sheikh, Kazim ^a   Bullock, Claudia M ^a  

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

Author keywords

Measurement; Sex difference; Stroke mortality

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; STROKE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 33947502500     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.0000258103.15708.58     Document Type: Article

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