Nondisease-specific problems and all-cause mortality in the REasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke study

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 739-746

  Bowling, C Barrett ^a,b   Booth III, John N ^c   Safford, Monika M ^b   Whitson, Heather E ^d,e   Ritchie, Christine S ^f   Wadley, Virginia G ^b   Cushman, Mary ^g   Howard, Virginia J ^c   Allman, Richard M ^a,b   Muntner, Paul ^c  

^a BIRMINGHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

geriatrics; mortality; nondisease specific problems

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALL CAUSE MORTALITY; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EXHAUSTION; FALLING; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC PATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POLYPHARMACY; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMORBIDITY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STROKE; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84877948577     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12214     Document Type: Article

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