No evidence for an epidemic of stroke with the ageing of the population

Neuroepidemiology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 268-273

  Thrift, Amanda G ^a,b   Tong, Bin ^c   Senes, Susana ^c   Waters, Anne Marie ^c   Lalor, Erin ^d  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b FLOREY INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND WELFARE   (Australia)

^d National Stroke Foundation Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Hospitalisation; Incidence; Mortality; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POPULATION GROWTH; STROKE;

AUSTRALIA; EPIDEMICS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; STROKE;

EID: 84861910805     PISSN: 02515350     EISSN: 14230208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000338300     Document Type: Article

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