Identifying unique neighborhood characteristics to guide health planning for stroke and heart attack: Fuzzy cluster and discriminant analyses approaches

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Pedigo, Ashley ^a   Seaver, William ^a   Odoi, Agricola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FUZZY SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; RESIDENTIAL AREA; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STROKE; SUBURBAN AREA; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADULT; AGED; APPALACHIAN REGION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH PLANNING; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STROKE; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79960921113     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0022693     Document Type: Article

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