A stepwise approach to stroke surveillance in Brazil: The EMMA (Estudo de Mortalidade e Morbidade do Acidente Vascular Cerebral) study

International Journal of Stroke

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 284-289

  Goulart, Alessandra C ^a   Bustos, Iara R ^a   Abe, Ivana M ^a   Pereira, Alexandre C ^a   Fedeli, Ligia M ^a   Benseñor, Isabela M ^a   Lotufo, Paulo A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Concepts; Design; Prevention; Stroke; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAZIL; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; SURVIVAL; VALIDATION PROCESS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ADOLESCENT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGISTER; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; BRAZIL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; RESEARCH DESIGN; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STROKE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 77955160117     PISSN: 17474930     EISSN: 17474949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-4949.2010.00441.x     Document Type: Article

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