Stroke in Norway

International Journal of Stroke

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 205-206

  Indredavik, Bent ^a,b   Ellekjær, Hanne ^a   Selmer, Randi ^c  

^a TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MORTALITY; NORWAY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; STROKE UNIT;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PREVALENCE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STROKE;

EID: 48749108737     PISSN: 17474930     EISSN: 17474949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-4949.2008.00201.x     Document Type: Article

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