Worldwide socioeconomic status and stroke mortality: An ecological study

International Journal for Equity in Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Wu, Sheng Hui ^a   Woo, Jean ^b   Zhang, Xin Hua ^c  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c Beijing Hypertension League Institute   (China)

Author keywords

Mortality; Socioeconomic status; Stroke

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; CENSUS; EQUITY; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX; MORTALITY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; STROKE; UNITED NATIONS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHILDHOOD; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED NATIONS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL CLASS; STROKE; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84878894733     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14759276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-9276-12-42     Document Type: Article

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