Therapeutic Milestone: Stroke Declines from the Second to the Third Leading Organ-and Disease-Specific Cause of Death in the United States

Stroke

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 499-503

  Towfighi, Amytis ^a   Ovbiagele, Bruce ^b   Saver, Jeffrey L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cause of death; Deaths; Mortality; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LUNG CANCER; MALE; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; STROKE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77649102815     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.109.571828     Document Type: Article

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