Pneumococcal Pneumonia and the Risk of Stroke: A Population-Based Follow-Up Study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Chen, Li Fu ^a   Chen, Hsin Pai ^a   Huang, Yung Sung ^b   Huang, Kuang Yung ^b,c   Chou, Pesus ^a   Lee, Ching Chih ^a,b,c  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b BUDDHIST TZU CHI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c TZU CHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; POPULATION RESEARCH; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOCIAL STATUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA; SURVIVAL RATE; URBANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; DEMOGRAPHY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCOCCAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; TAIWAN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871209627     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0051452     Document Type: Article

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