Aspirin use and risk of stroke in the elderly: The Rotterdam Study

Neuroepidemiology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 40-44

  Vokó, Zoltán ^a,c   Koudstaal, Peter J ^b   Bots, Michiel L ^a   Hofman, Albert ^a   Breteler, Monique M B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Aspirin; Cerebrovascular disorders; Cohort studies; Primary prevention

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SAFETY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; STROKE; TREATMENT INDICATION; VASCULAR DISEASE;

AGED; ASPIRIN; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0035104910     PISSN: 02515350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000054756     Document Type: Article

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