Variation of stroke attack rates in rural, urban, and coalfields areas of the Hunter Region, Australia, 1995-2000

Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 103-110

  Wang, Yang ^a   Levi, Christopher R ^a   D'Este, Catherine A ^b   Attia, John R ^b   Fisher, Janet ^c  

^a JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b ROYAL NEWCASTLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c Hunter Regional Mail Centre ^*

Author keywords

Case fatality; Coalfield; Rural; Stroke; Stroke attack rates; Urban

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; STROKE; URBAN AREA;

EID: 0037366334     PISSN: 10523057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jscd.2003.12     Document Type: Article

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