Registration of stroke through the Belgian sentinel network and factors influencing stroke mortality

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 272-279

  Devroey, Dirk ^a,b,e   Van Casteren, Viviane ^a   Buntinx, Frank ^c,d  

^a SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

^b FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e Scientific Institute Public Health   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Belgium; Case fatality; Cerebrovascular disease; Incidence; Mortality; Sentinel surveillance; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOSTATISTICS; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSPHAGIA; FATALITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGISTER; SEX DIFFERENCE; STROKE; SURVIVAL RATE; URINE INCONTINENCE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BELGIUM; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DEATH CERTIFICATES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RISK FACTORS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL RATE; VITAL STATISTICS;

EID: 0042242898     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000071127     Document Type: Article

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