Incidence of stroke on Kinmen, Taiwan

Neuroepidemiology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 258-264

  Fuh, Jong Ling ^a,b   Wang, Shuu Jiun ^a   Liu, Hsiu Chih ^a   Shyu, Hann Yeh ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cerebrovascular disorders; Epidemiology; Incidence; Mortality; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; STROKE; TAIWAN;

EID: 0033807453     PISSN: 02515350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000026263     Document Type: Article

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