Stroke mortality rates in Poland did not decline between 1984 and 1992

Stroke

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 752-757

  Ryglewicz, Danuta ^a   Polakowska, Maria ^b   Lechowicz, Waldemar ^a   Broda, Grazyna ^b   Rószkiewicz, Malgorzata ^c   Jasiñski, Bogdan ^b   Hier, Daniel B ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY AND NEUROLOGY   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF CARDIOLOGY   (Poland)

^c WARSAW SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Poland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

epidemiology; mortality; Poland

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE;

EID: 0030889380     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.28.4.752     Document Type: Article

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