Recent patterns of sex-specific midlife stroke hospitalization rates in the united states

Stroke

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 3029-3033

  Towfighi, Amytis ^a,b   Markovic, Daniela ^c   Ovbiagele, Bruce ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RANCHO LOS AMIGOS NATIONAL REHABILITATION CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

acute stroke; gender; hospitalization; middle aged; midlife; sex specific disparities; trends; United States

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; SEX FACTORS; STROKE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80054993329     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.111.618454     Document Type: Article

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