Sex differences in incidence, mortality, and survival in individuals with stroke in Scotland, 1986 to 2005

Stroke

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1038-1043

  Lewsey, James D ^a   Gillies, Michelle ^a   Jhund, Pardeep S ^a,b   Chalmers, Jim W T ^c   Redpath, Adam ^c   Briggs, Andrew ^a   Walters, Matthew ^a   Langhorne, Peter ^a   Capewell, Simon ^d   McMurray, John J V ^b   MacIntyre, Kate ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c Information Services Division   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cerebrovascular disease; Epidemiology; Prognosis; Sex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATALITY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STROKE; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED KINGDOM; AGE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; STATISTICS;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; SCOTLAND; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STROKE;

EID: 65249145182     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.108.542787     Document Type: Article

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