Stroke morbidity in Swedish- and Finnish-speaking populations of Turku, Finland

Scandinavian Cardiovascular Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 117-122

  Lammintausta, Aino ^a   Lehtonen, Aapo ^a   Immonen Raiha, Pirjo ^a   Kaarisalo, Minna ^b   Torppa, Jorma ^c   Airaksinen, K E Juhani ^a,d   Salomaa, Veikko ^c  

^a TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b Turku Health Centre   (Finland)

^c NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d NONE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Morbidity; Socioeconomic factors; Stroke; WHO

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DISEASE REGISTRY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; INCOME; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OCCUPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUP; REGISTER; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS; STROKE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; REGISTRIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STROKE;

EID: 65449132376     PISSN: 14017431     EISSN: 16512006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14017430802389537     Document Type: Article

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