A multifaceted look at time of admission and its impact on case-fatality among a cohort of ischaemic stroke patients

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 8-13

  Ogbu, Uzor C ^a,b   Westert, Gert P ^b,c   Slobbe, Laurentius C J ^b   Stronks, Karien ^a   Arah, Onyebuchi A ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^c TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FATALITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STROKE PATIENT; TIME;

EID: 78650449771     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2009.202176     Document Type: Article

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