Stroke hospitalizations over three decades: Lower for men, unchanged for women. A population-based study

Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 296-301

  Plakht, Ygal ^a,b   Pertzov, Barak ^b   Gez, Hadar ^b   Hellerman, Moran ^b   Ifergane, Gal ^a,b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OBESITY; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOKING; TERTIARY CARE CENTER;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS; STROKE; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84897990629     PISSN: 15409996     EISSN: 1931843X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2013.4591     Document Type: Article

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