Trends in the incidence, severity, and short-term outcome of stroke in Perth, Western Australia

Stroke

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 2105-2111

  Jamrozik, Konrad ^a   Broadhurst, Robyn J ^a   Lai, Nai ^b   Hankey, Graeme J ^a   Burvill, Peter W ^a   Anderson, Craig S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b University of Western Australia ^*

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Incidence; Stroke; Survival; Western Australia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; VITAL STATISTICS;

EID: 0032826402     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.30.10.2105     Document Type: Article

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