Seasonal variation in the occurrence of stroke in a Finnish adult population: The FINMONICA Stroke Register

Stroke

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1774-1779

  Jakovljević, Dimitrije ^a   Salomaa, Veikko ^a   Sivenius, Juhani ^b   Tamminen, Markku ^a   Sarti, Cinzia ^a   Salmi, Kalervo ^c   Kaarsalo, Esko ^d   Narva, Vihtori ^e   Immonen Räihä, Pirjo ^e   Torppa, Jorma ^a   Tuomilehto, Jaakko ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c NORTH KARELIA CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d District Hosp   (Finland)

^e City Hospital   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; STROKE;

EID: 10144227050     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.27.10.1774     Document Type: Article

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