A Stroke Study of an Urban Area of Iran: Risk Factors, Length of Stay, Case Fatality, and Discharge Destination

Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 104-109

  Delbari, Ahmad ^a,b   Salman Roghani, Reza ^b   Tabatabaei, Sayed Shahaboddin ^b   Lökk, Johan ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND REHABILITATION SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Iran; outcomes; risk factors analysis; stroke

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; DIPYRIDAMOLE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FATALITY; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; IRAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; REHABILITATION CARE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STROKE; URBAN AREA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEART DISEASES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; IRAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PREJUDICE; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; STROKE; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 77049105200     PISSN: 10523057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2009.06.003     Document Type: Article

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