Declining stroke and myocardial infarction mortality between 1989 and 2010 in a country of the African region

Stroke

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 2283-2288

  Stringhini, Silvia ^a   Sinon, Flavie ^b   Didon, Joaquim ^b   Gedeon, Jude ^b   Paccaud, Fred ^a   Bovet, Pascal ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Seychelles)

Author keywords

Africa; mortality; myocardial infarction; stroke; trends

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; ARTICLE; DEATH CERTIFICATE; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; VITAL STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; POPULATION; SEX FACTORS; SEYCHELLES; STROKE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84865589376     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.112.658468     Document Type: Article

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