Evidence for age-dependent education-related differences in men and women with first-ever stroke: Results from a community-based incidence study in northern Sweden

Neuroepidemiology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 135-141

  Löfmark, Ulrika ^a   Hammarström, Anne ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Stroke, epidemiology; Stroke, older age; Stroke, sex; Stroke, socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH CERTIFICATE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING HOME; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL STATUS; STROKE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COHORT STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 34548319390     PISSN: 02515350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000102141     Document Type: Article

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