Prevalence of stroke and coexistent conditions: Disparities between indigenous and nonindigenous Western Australians

International Journal of Stroke

Volumn 9, Issue A100, 2014, Pages 61-68

  Katzenellenbogen, Judith M ^a   Knuiman, Matthew W ^a   Sanfilippo, Frank M ^a   Hobbs, Michael S T ^a   Thompson, Sandra C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Comorbidity; Epidemiology; Indigenous; Linked data; Prevalence; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; STROKE PATIENT; VERY ELDERLY; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ETHNOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION GROUP; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; STROKE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION GROUPS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STROKE;

EID: 84912037444     PISSN: 17474930     EISSN: 17474949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ijs.12278     Document Type: Article

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