The role of ethnicity, sex, and language on delay to hospital arrival for acute ischemic stroke

Stroke

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 905-909

  Smith, Melinda A ^a   Lisabeth, Lynda D ^b   Bonikowski, Frank ^c   Morgenstern, Lewis B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute stroke; Epidemiology; Women and minorities

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RACISM; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGED; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTILINGUALISM; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STROKE; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS;

EID: 77951738049     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.110.578112     Document Type: Article

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