Standard method for developing stroke registers in low-income and middle-income countries: experiences from a feasibility study of a stepwise approach to stroke surveillance (STEPS Stroke)

Lancet Neurology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 134-139

  Truelsen, T ^a   Heuschmann, PU ^b   Bonita, R ^c   Arjundas, G ^d   Dalal, P ^e   Damasceno, A ^f   Nagaraja, D ^g   Ogunniyi, A ^h   Oveisgharan, S ⁱ   Radhakrishnan, K ^j   Skvortsoya, VI ^k   Stakhovskaya, V ^l  

^a The Capital Region   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^d Mercury Nursing Home   (India)

^e LILAVATI HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^f EDUARDO MONDLANE UNIVERSITY   (Mozambique)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

^h UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

ⁱ ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^j SREE CHITRA TIRUNAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^k Department of Stroke Epidemiology and Prophylaxis ^*  (Russian Federation)

^l Federal Stroke Research Institute   (Russian Federation)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DATA COLLECTION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REGISTRIES; STROKE; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 33846206411     PISSN: 14744422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1474-4422(06)70686-X     Document Type: Article

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