Epidemiological transition of stroke in China?

Stroke

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1653-1654

  Truelsen, Thomas ^a   Bonita, Ruth ^b  

^a BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Incidence rate; Stroke

Indexed keywords

CHINA; COST OF ILLNESS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INCOME; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; STROKE; TREND STUDY; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; NOTE; POLICY; RISK REDUCTION; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CHINA; COHORT STUDIES; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; HYPOXIA-ISCHEMIA, BRAIN; INCIDENCE; PUBLIC POLICY; RISK FACTORS; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SMOKING; SOCIAL CONDITIONS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STROKE;

EID: 46249118396     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.107.510552     Document Type: Editorial

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