Predictors of stroke mortality in elderly people from the general population: The CArdiovascular STudy in the ELderly

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1097-1104

  Mazza, A ^a   Pessina, A C ^a   Pavei, A ^a   Scarpa, R ^a   Tikhonoff, V ^a   Casiglia, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Elderly; Epidemiology; Risk factors; Stroke mortality

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; POTASSIUM ION; SODIUM ION; URIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUSE OF DEATH; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; RISK FACTOR; STROKE;

EID: 0036915648     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021216713504     Document Type: Article

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