Risk factor profile in Chinese-Australian stroke patients living in Sydney

Australasian Journal on Ageing

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 143-147

  Shen, Qing ^a,b   Cordato, Dennis ^c   Chan, Daniel Ky ^b   Ip, Jerome ^d   Ng, Jude ^e  

^a BANKSTOWN LIDCOMBE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c Liverpool Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^d ST GEORGE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chinese immigrants; Ethnic disparities; Stroke risk factors; Sydney Australia

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; AUSTRALIA; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; STATISTICS; STROKE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHINA; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; PREVALENCE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; STROKE; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 80052976219     PISSN: 14406381     EISSN: 17416612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-6612.2010.00477.x     Document Type: Article

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