The epidemiology of stroke amongst women in the Asia - Pacific region

Women's Health

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 305-317

  Woodward, Mark ^a   Tsukinoki Murakami, Rumi ^a,b   Murakami, Yoshitaka ^a,b   Suh, Il ^c   Fang, Xianghua ^d   Ueshima, Hirotsugu ^b   Lam, Tai Hing ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^d CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

blood pressure; diabetes; hemorrhagic stroke; ischemic stroke; smoking

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

AGE; ARTICLE; ASIA; AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MORTALITY; OBESITY; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; STROKE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; AGED; ASIA; AUSTRALIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; STROKE;

EID: 79957562119     PISSN: 17455057     EISSN: 17455065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/whe.11.25     Document Type: Article

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