The incidence of stroke and transient ischaemic attacks is falling: A report from the Belgian sentinel stations

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 52, Issue 483, 2002, Pages 813-817

  Buntinx, Frank ^a   Devroey, Dirk ^a   Van Casteren, Viviane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cerebrovascular accident; Incidence; Morbidity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; REGISTRATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STROKE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

AGED; BELGIUM; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 0036790433     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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