Risk factors, quality of care and prognosis in South Asian, East Asian and White patients with stroke

BMC Neurology

Volumn 13, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Khan, Nadia A ^a   Quan, Hude ^b   Hill, Michael D ^b   Pilote, Louise ^c   McAlister, Finlay A ^d   Palepu, Anita ^a   Shah, Baiju R ^e,f   Zhou, Limei ^f   Zhen, Hong ^f   Kapral, Moira K ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^f INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ARTICLE; ASIA; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CANADA; CAUCASIAN; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DATA BASE; DEATH; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; PROGNOSIS; RACE DIFFERENCE; REHABILITATION CENTER; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STROKE;

EID: 84879811569     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2377-13-74     Document Type: Article

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