First-year results of the Third Stroke Registry in Tartu, Estonia

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 227-231

  Vibo, Riina ^a   Kõrv, Janika ^a   Haldre, Sulev ^a   Roose, Mai ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Case fatality rate; Epidemiology; Stroke incidence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; ESTONIA; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; REGISTER; STANDARDIZATION; STROKE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ESTONIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; REGISTRIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 4644370130     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000079958     Document Type: Article

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