Ethnic disparities in stroke recognition in individuals with prior stroke

Public Health Reports

Volumn 123, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 514-522

  Ellis, Charles ^a   Egede, Leonard E ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b RALPH H JOHNSON VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HIGH SCHOOL; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RECURRENT DISEASE; STROKE; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RACE; RISK; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; STROKE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 53049099673     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003335490812300413     Document Type: Article

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