Proportion of older people in the community as a predictor of increasing stroke incidence

Neuroepidemiology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 91-95

  Marini, Carmine ^a   Triggiani, Leonardo ^a   Cimini, Nicola ^a   Ciancarelli, Irene ^a   De Santis, Federica ^a   Russo, Tommasina ^a   Baldassarre, Massimo ^a   Di Orio, Ferdinando ^a   Carolei, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aging; Stroke incidence; Stroke registry

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; REGISTER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARDIZATION; STROKE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES;

EID: 0035000472     PISSN: 02515350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000054766     Document Type: Article

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