Trends and Survival between Ethnic Groups after Stroke: The South London Stroke Register

Stroke

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 380-387

  Wang, Yanzhong ^a   Rudd, Anthony G ^b   Wolfe, Charles D A ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

epidemiology; ethnicity; risk factors; stroke; survival

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISABILITY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LONG TERM SURVIVAL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SMOKING; STROKE UNIT; SURVIVAL RATE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; STROKE; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84872948437     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.112.680843     Document Type: Article

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