Lower stroke mortality among hispanics: An exploration of potential methodological confounders

Medical Care

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 534-539

  Howrey, Bret ^a   Goodwin, James S ^a   Eschbach, Karl ^b   Freeman, Jean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Disparity; Mortality; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STROKE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DEATH CERTIFICATES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STROKE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77952884130     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e3181d686cf     Document Type: Article

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