Changed incidence and case-fatality rates of first-ever stroke between 1970 and 1993 in Tartu, Estonia

Stroke

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 199-203

  Kôrv, Janika ^a   Roose, Mai ^a   Kaasik, Ain Elmar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

epidemiology; Estonia; incidence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STROKE; USSR;

EID: 0030062474     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.27.2.199     Document Type: Article

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