Burden of stroke in indigenous western australians: A study using data linkage

Stroke

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1515-1521

  Katzenellenbogen, Judith M ^a,b   Vos, Theo ^c   Somerford, Peter ^d   Begg, Stephen ^e   Semmens, James B ^a   Codde, James P ^d  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d Health Department of Western Australia   (Australia)

^e Queensland Health   (Australia)

Author keywords

cerebrovascular accident; epidemiology; health policy; indigenous

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DISABILITY; DISEASE DURATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; REMISSION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STROKE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COST OF ILLNESS; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; STROKE; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79958263002     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.110.601799     Document Type: Article

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