A population-based case-control study of 1250 stroke deaths in rural Bangladesh

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 999-1006

  Mateen, F J ^a,b   Carone, M ^c   Alam, N ^d   Streatfield, P K ^d   Black, R E ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d ICDDRB Public Health Sciences Division   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Betel; Diabetes; Epidemiology; Hypertension; Mortality; Risk factors; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BANGLADESH; BETEL NUT; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMOKING; STROKE; STROKE MORTALITY; SUMMER; TOBACCO; WINTER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BANGLADESH; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; STROKE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862315267     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2012.03666.x     Document Type: Article

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