Determining strokeês rank as a cause of death using multicause mortality data

Stroke

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2207-2211

  Burke, James F ^a,b   Lisabeth, Lynda D ^c   Brown, Devin L ^c,d   Reeves, Matthew J ^b   Morgenstern, Lewis B ^b,d  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

epidemiology; mortality; multicause mortality; stroke; trends; underlying cause of death

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALGORITHM; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEATH CERTIFICATE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; LUNG CANCER; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; ADULT; AGE; AGED; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; UNITED STATES; VITAL STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEATH CERTIFICATES; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STROKE; UNITED STATES; VITAL STATISTICS;

EID: 84864280767     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.112.656967     Document Type: Article

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