Stroke risk estimation across nine European countries in the MORGAM project

Heart

Volumn 96, Issue 24, 2010, Pages 1997-2004

  Borglykke, Anders ^a   Andreasen, Anne H ^a   Kuulasmaa, Kari ^b   Sans, Susana ^c   Ducimetière, Pierre ^d   Vanuzzo, Diego ^e   Ferrario, Marco M ^f   Palmieri, Luigi ^g   Karvanen, Juha ^b   Tunstall Pedoe, Hugh ^h   Jørgensen, Torben ^a  

^a GLOSTRUP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c INSTITUT CATALÀ DE LA SALUT   (Spain)

^d HÔPITAL PAUL BROUSSE   (France)

^e SANTA MARIA DELLA MISERICORDIA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^g ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POPULATION MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STROKE; STROKE RISK;

ADULT; AGED; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; STROKE;

EID: 78649907464     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2010.207555     Document Type: Article

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