Stroke incidence and case fatality in australasia: A comparison of the auckland and perth population-based stroke registers

Stroke

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1994, Pages 552-557

  Bonita, Ruth ^a   Anderson, Craig S ^b   Broad, Joanna B ^a   Jamrozik, Konrad D ^c   Stewart Wynne, Edward G ^d   Anderson, Neil E ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Australia; Cerebrovascular disorders; Epidemiology; Incidence; New Zealand

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEW ZEALAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; REGISTRIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0028147439     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.25.3.552     Document Type: Article

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