Prevalence of stroke and stroke-related disability: Estimates from the Auckland stroke studies

Stroke

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1898-1902

  Bonita, Ruth ^a,c   Solomon, Neil ^b   Broad, Joanna B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b Hygeia Health Services Consultancy   (New Zealand)

^c NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cerebrovascular disorders; Dependency; Disability evaluation; Epidemiology; Incidence; Prevalence; Recovery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEPENDENT PERSONALITY DISORDER; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; STROKE; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0030704727     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.28.10.1898     Document Type: Article

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