The role of lifestyle factors in the etiology of stroke: A population-based case-control study in Perth, Western Australia

Stroke

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1994, Pages 51-59

  Jamrozik, Konrad ^a   Broadhurst, Robyn J ^a   Anderson, Craig S ^b   Stewart Wynne, Edward G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Case control studies; Cerebral ischemia; Intracerebral hemorrhage; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AUTOPSY; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN PROTECTION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIETARY INTAKE; FISH; GEOGRAPHY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEAT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STROKE;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; AUSTRALIA; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0028097995     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.25.1.51     Document Type: Article

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