Stroke in a defined elderly population, 1967-1985: A less lethal and disabling but no less common disease

Stroke

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 284-290

  Barker, William H ^b   Mullooly, John P ^a  

^a KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

aging; epidemiology; incidence; mortality

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE;

EID: 0031034023     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.28.2.284     Document Type: Article

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