Declining incidence and mortality rates of stroke in Finland from 1972 to 1991: Results of three population-based stroke registers

Stroke

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1487-1491

  Numminen, Heikki ^a,b   Kotila, Mervi ^b   Waltimo, Olli ^b   Aho, Kari ^c   Kaste, Markku ^b  

^a Department of Neurology   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c JORVI HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

cerebrovascular disorders; epidemiology; incidence; mortality

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE FINDING; CHILD; FATALITY; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STROKE;

EID: 0029817894     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.27.9.1487     Document Type: Article

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