Validity of self-reported stroke: The Tromso study

Stroke

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1602-1607

  Engstad, Torgeir ^a   Bønaa, Kaare H ^a   Viitanen, Matti ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Epidemiology; Stroke classification

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MIGRAINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; STROKE; SYNCOPE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

EID: 0033918594     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.31.7.1602     Document Type: Article

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