Stroke events and case fatalities in Switzerland based on hospital statistics and cause of death statistics

Swiss Medical Weekly

Volumn 139, Issue 5-6, 2009, Pages 65-69

  Meyer, Katharina ^a,b,e   Simmet, Anja ^a   Arnold, Marcel ^c   Mattle, Heinrich ^c   Nedeltchev, Krassen ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b Swiss Health Observatory   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^d TRIEMLI HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Estimated stroke event rate; Stroke case fatality; Stroke epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATALITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; REFERENCE DATABASE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STROKE; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 60149090546     PISSN: 14247860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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