Hospitalizations for incident stroke in Shunde District, Foshan, south China

Neuroepidemiology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 101-104

  Liang, Wenbin ^a   Huang, Rongsheng ^b   Lee, Andy H ^a   Hu, Delong ^b   Binns, Colin W ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b SHUNDE HOSPITAL OF SOUTHERN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Intracerebral hemorrhage; Ischemic stroke; Subarachnoid hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CHILD; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; STROKE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; STROKE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 41849109800     PISSN: 02515350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000120022     Document Type: Article

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