Declining incidence and mortality of stroke in persons aged ≥ 75 years in Finland; the FINSTROKE study

European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 466-470

  Lehtonen, Aapo ^a   Salomaa, Veikko ^b   Immonen Räihä, Pirjo ^c   Sarti, Cinzia ^b   Mähönen, Markku ^b   Tuomilehto, Jaakko ^b   Torppa, Jorma ^b   Sivenius, Juhani ^d  

^a TURKU CITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

case fatality; elderly; incidence; stroke mortality; surveillance

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; STROKE; SURVIVAL;

AGED; ANTICOAGULANTS; ASPIRIN; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROGNOSIS; REGISTRIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 11844294105     PISSN: 20474873     EISSN: 20474881     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.hjr.0000137097.42620.93     Document Type: Article

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