Trends in case-fatality of stroke in Finland during 1983 to 1992

Stroke

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 2493-2499

  Immonen Räihä, Pirjo ^a   Mähönen, Markku ^b   Tuomilehto, Jaakko ^b   Salomaa, Veikko ^b   Kaarsalo, Esko ^b   Narva, Erkki V ^b   Salmi, Kalervo ^b   Sarti, Cinzia ^b   Sivenius, Juhani ^b   Alhainen, Kari ^b   Torppa, Jorma ^b  

^a Heart and Stroke Center   (Finland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Finland; Stroke outcome; Stroke, acute

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 0344542712     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.28.12.2493     Document Type: Article

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