An epidemiological study of stroke hospitalizations in maputo, mozambique: A high burden of disease in a resource-poor country

Stroke

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2463-2469

  Damasceno, Albertino ^a   Gomes, Joana ^b,c   Azevedo, Ana ^b,c   Carrilho, Carla ^a   Lobo, Vitória ^a   Lopes, Hélder ^a   Madede, Tavares ^a   Pravinrai, Pius ^a   Silva Matos, Carla ^d   Jalla, Sulemane ^a   Stewart, Simon ^e   Lunet, Nuno ^b,c  

^a EDUARDO MONDLANE UNIVERSITY   (Mozambique)

^b University of Porto   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Mozambique)

^e BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

mozambique; population surveillance; stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE REGISTRY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FATALITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOZAMBIQUE; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STROKE; STROKE PATIENT; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOZAMBIQUE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE; SURVIVAL RATE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 78149359589     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.110.594275     Document Type: Article

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