Hospitalization and case-fatality rates for stroke in Canada from 1982 through 1991: The Canadian Collaborative Study Group of Stroke Hospitalizations

Stroke

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1215-1220

  Mayo, Nancy E ^a   Neville, Doreen ^b   Kirkland, Susan ^b   Ostbye, Truls ^b   Mustard, Cameron A ^b   Reeder, Bruce ^b   Joffres, Michel ^b   Brauer, Gerhard ^b   Levy, Adrian R ^b  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

cerebral hemorrhage; cerebral infarction; epidemiology; hospitalization; mortality

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CANADA; FATALITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE;

EID: 0029949457     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.27.7.1215     Document Type: Article

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