Ethnicity in Stroke: Practical Implications
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Ethnicity in stroke: practical implications.
To the Editor: I read with interest the editorial of Drs Fustinoni and Biller on ethnicity and stroke.1 The authors give several examples to demonstrate the dark side of “ethnicity” as an epidemiological variable. I agree that ethnicity is a complex, inherently heterogeneous concept influenced by different cultural and socioeconomic factors.2 The authors make the point that ethnicity is neither...
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To the Editor: I read with interest the editorial of Drs Fustinoni and Biller on ethnicity and stroke.1 The authors give several examples to demonstrate the dark side of “ethnicity” as an epidemiological variable. I agree that ethnicity is a complex, inherently heterogeneous concept influenced by different cultural and socioeconomic factors.2 The authors make the point that ethnicity is neither...
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عنوان ژورنال: Stroke
سال: 2000
ISSN: 0039-2499,1524-4628
DOI: 10.1161/01.str.31.11.2732