Education-related differences in case fatality among elderly with stroke

Neuroepidemiology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 21-27

  Löfmark, Ulrika ^a   Hammarström, Anne ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Case fatality; Educational level; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMERGENCY CARE; FATALITY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STROKE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STROKE;

EID: 46849109951     PISSN: 02515350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000136647     Document Type: Article

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