Stroke around the baltic sea: Incidence, case fatality and population risk factors in Denmark, Finland, Sweden and Lithuania

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 80-88

  Stegmayr, Birgitta ^a   Harmsen, Per ^b   Rajakangas, Anna Maija ^c   Rastenyté, Daiva ^d   Cinzia, Sarti ^e   Per, Thorvaldsen ^f   Jaakko, Tuomilehto ^e  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c National Public Health Institute   (Sweden)

^d LITHUANIAN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Lithuania)

^e NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^f GLOSTRUP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Case fatality; Cerebrovascular disease; Epidemiology; Hypertension; Incidence; Risk factors; WHO MONICA

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DENMARK; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; POPULATION RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STROKE; SWEDEN; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; USSR;

EID: 0030033665     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: 14219786     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000108002     Document Type: Article

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