Low incidence of stroke in southern Italy: A population-based study

Stroke

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2923-2928

  Manobianca, Giovanni ^a   Zoccolella, Stefano ^b   Petruzzellis, Antonella ^a   Miccoli, Annamaria ^a   Logroscino, Giancarlo ^c  

^a Department of Neurology   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Incidence; Italy; Mediterranean area; Population based; Registry; Stroke; Stroke unit

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATALITY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; STROKE; STROKE UNIT; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; CLASSIFICATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STROKE;

EID: 55749098478     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.108.519421     Document Type: Article

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