Persistent ischemic stroke disparities despite declining incidence in Mexican Americans

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 778-785

  Morgenstern, Lewis B ^a,b   Smith, Melinda A ^a   Sánchez, Brisa N ^c   Brown, Devin L ^a   Zahuranec, Darin B ^a   Garcia, Nelda ^a   Kerber, Kevin A ^a   Skolarus, Lesli E ^a   Meurer, William J ^a   Burke, James F ^a   Adelman, Eric E ^a   Baek, Jonggyu ^c   Lisabeth, Lynda D ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOLOGIST; EMERGENCY WARD; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GROUPS BY AGE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL HISTORY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIST; NEUROLOGY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERTO RICO; QUALITY CONTROL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOUTH AMERICA; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MIDDLE AGED; STROKE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84892945931     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: 15318249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.23972     Document Type: Article

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