Trends in mortality from different subtypes of stroke in the population of Belgrade (Serbia)

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 51-57

  Pekmezovic, Tatjana ^a,b   Tepavcevic, Darija Kisic ^a   Jarebinski, Mirjana ^a   Kostic, Milica ^a   Bumbasirevic, Ljiljana ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b CLINICAL CENTER OF SERBIA   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Belgrade; Mortality; Stroke; Time trends

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STROKE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TREND STUDY; YUGOSLAVIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STROKE; YUGOSLAVIA;

EID: 37349006617     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2007.09.010     Document Type: Article

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