The neglected burden of stroke in Sub-Saharan Africa

International Journal of Stroke

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 180-190

  Kengne, Andre Pascal ^a,b   Anderson, Craig S ^a  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Health of Population in Transition (HOPIT) Research Group   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Chronic disease; Risk factors; Stroke; Sub Sahara Africa

Indexed keywords

LIPID; PROTEIN S;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGING; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; AWARENESS; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSLIPIDEMIA; EPIDEMIC; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FATALITY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; LIFESTYLE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEUROSYPHILIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN S DEFICIENCY; REVIEW; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SOCIOECONOMICS; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TREPONEMA; URBANIZATION;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; COST OF ILLNESS; HUMANS; STROKE;

EID: 33749616590     PISSN: 17474930     EISSN: 17474949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-4949.2006.00064.x     Document Type: Review

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