The Epidemiology of Stroke in Northern Palestine: A 1-Year, Hospital-Based Study

Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 406-411

  Sweileh, Waleed M ^a   Sawalha, Ansam F ^a   Al Aqad, Sana M ^a   Zyoud, Sa'ed H ^a   Al Jabi, Samah W ^a  

^a AN NAJAH NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

Author keywords

incidence rate; Palestine; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARAB; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PALESTINE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; STROKE;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ARABS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST; RISK FACTORS; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; STROKE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 54849417779     PISSN: 10523057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2008.06.008     Document Type: Article

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