Acute infection contributes to racial disparities in stroke mortality

Neurology

Volumn 82, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 914-921

  Levine, Deborah A ^a,b,c   Langa, Kenneth M ^a,b,c   Rogers, Mary A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c VA ANN ARBOR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HISPANIC; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INFECTION; MALE; ODDS RATIO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STROKE;

EID: 84898767843     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000000214     Document Type: Article

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