The epidemiology of stroke in the Middle East and North Africa

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 295, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 38-40

  Tran, Jackie ^a   Mirzaei, Masoud ^b   Anderson, Laurie ^c   Leeder, Stephen R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Shahid Sadoughi University   (Iran)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Middle East; North Africa; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAHRAIN; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; IRAN; KUWAIT; LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA; MEDLINE; MIDDLE EAST; MORTALITY; NORTH AFRICA; PALESTINE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QATAR; SAUDI ARABIA; SEX RATIO; STROKE;

AFRICA, NORTHERN; AGE FACTORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE EAST; SEX FACTORS; STROKE;

EID: 77953872125     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2010.05.016     Document Type: Article

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