Lower use of carotid artery imaging at minorita-serving hospitals

Neurology

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 138-144

  Cheng, Eric M ^a,b   Keyhani, Salomeh ^c,d   Ofner, Susan ^e   Williams, Linda S ^d,e   Hebert, Paul L ^f   Ordin, Diana L ^d,g   Bravata, Dawn M ^d,e  

^a VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f Center of Excellence   (United States)

^g DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ARTERY; CAUCASIAN; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; IMAGING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEGRO; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84866252828     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e31825f04c5     Document Type: Article

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