Identification of incident stroke in Norway: Hospital discharge data compared with a population-based stroke register

Stroke

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 56-60

  Ellekjær, Hanne ^a   Holmen, Jostein ^a   Krüger, Øystein ^a   Terent, Andreas ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Epidemiology; Stroke assessment; Stroke classification

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NORWAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE;

EID: 0032930625     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.str.30.1.56     Document Type: Article

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