Race, gende and stroke subtypes mortality in São Paulo, Brazil

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 65, Issue 3 B, 2007, Pages 752-757

  Lotufo, Paulo A ^a   Goulart, Alessandra C ^a   Bensenor, Isabela M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cerebrovascular diseases; Gender; Mortality; Race

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BRAZIL; CAUCASIAN; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATISTICS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEGRO; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STROKE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLASSIFICATION; ETHNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RACE; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; BRAZIL; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 35448990791     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: 16784227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-282X2007000500004     Document Type: Article

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