A systematic evaluation of stroke surveillance studies in low- and middle-income countries

Neurology

Volumn 80, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 677-684

  Sajjad, Ayesha ^a,b   Chowdhury, Rajiv ^a   Felix, Janine F ^b   Ikram, M Arfan ^b   Mendis, Shanthi ^c   Tiemeier, Henning ^b   Mant, Jonathan ^a   Franco, Oscar H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOPSY; BRAZIL; BULGARIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DISABILITY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; GEORGIA (REPUBLIC); HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INCIDENTAL FINDING; INDIA; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MONGOLIA; NIGERIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; SRI LANKA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TANZANIA; UKRAINE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FACTUAL DATABASE; HEALTH SURVEY; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL RATE;

DATABASES, FACTUAL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; STROKE; SURVIVAL RATE;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84875839135     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e318281cc6e     Document Type: Review

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