Disparities in stroke incidence contributing to disparities in stroke mortality

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 619-627

  Howard, Virginia J ^a   Kleindorfer, Dawn O ^a   Judd, Suzanne E ^b   McClure, Leslie A ^b   Safford, Monika M ^c   Rhodes, J David ^b   Cushman, Mary ^d   Moy, Claudia S ^e   Soliman, Elsayed Z ^f   Kissela, Brett M ^a   Howard, George ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^f WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DEATH; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMERGENCY WARD; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOKING; STROKE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES; STROKE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79955425981     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: 15318249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.22385     Document Type: Article

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