Early and one-year stroke case fatality in Sao Paulo, Brazil: Applying the World Health Organization's Stroke STEPS

Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 832-838

  Goulart, Alessandra C ^a,b   Bensenor, Isabela M ^a,b   Fernandes, Tiotrefis G ^a,c   Alencar, Airlane P ^a   Fedeli, Ligia M ^a   Lotufo, Paulo A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Hospital of Clinics   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AMAZONAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cerebrovascular disease; education; intracerebral hemorrhage; ischemic stroke; lethality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAZIL; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY CARE; FATALITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAZIL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; TIME FACTORS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84868378228     PISSN: 10523057     EISSN: 15328511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2011.04.017     Document Type: Article

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