The third stroke registry in Tartu, Estonia: Decline of stroke incidence and 28-day case-fatality rate since 1991

Stroke

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2544-2548

  Vibo, Riina ^a   Kõrv, Janika ^a   Roose, Mai ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Stroke; Trends

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; ESTONIA; EUROPE; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; STROKE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SURVIVAL RATE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; ESTONIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 33644687435     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.0000189633.33623.69     Document Type: Article

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