Stroke trends in the WHO MONICA project

Stroke

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 500-506

  Thorvaldsen, Per ^c   Kuulasmaa, Kari ^a   Rajakangas, Anna Maija ^a   Rastenyte, Daiva ^a   Sarti, Cinzia ^a   Wilhelmsen, Lars ^b  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

cerebrovascular disorders; epidemiology; incidence; mortality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STROKE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0030889308     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.28.3.500     Document Type: Article

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