Trends in stroke mortality in Greater London and south east England - Evidence for a cohort effect?

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 121-126

  Maheswaran, Ravi ^a,c   Strachan, David P ^b   Elliott, Paul ^c   Shipley, Martin J ^d  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MORTALITY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; STROKE; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0030993610     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.51.2.121     Document Type: Article

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