Program for the epidemiological evaluation of stroke in Tandil, Argentina (PREVISTA) study: Rationale and design

International Journal of Stroke

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 591-597

  Sposato, Luciano A ^a,b   Coppola, Mariano L ^c,d,e   Altamirano, Juan ^c,d,e   Borrego Guerrero, Brenda ^e   Casanova, Jorge ⁿ   De Martino, Maximiliano ^c   Díaz, Alejandro ^c   Feigin, Valery L ^f   Funaro, Fernando ^d   Gradillone, María E ^c   Lewin, María L ^c   Lopes, Renato D ^g,h,i   López, Daniel H ^d,e   Louge, Mariel ^d   Maccarone, Patricia ^d   Martens, Cecilia ^c   Miguel, Marcelo ^d   Rabinstein, Alejandro ^j   Morasso, Hernán ⁿ   Riccio, Patricia M ^b   Saposnik, Gustavo ^k   Silva, Damián ^c   Suasnabar, Ramón ^d   Truelsen, Thomas ^l   Uzcudun, Araceli ^c   Viviani, Carlos A ^m   Bahit, M Cecilia ^a   more..

^a Vascular Research Institute at INECO Foundation   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c Hospital Ramón Santamarina   (Argentina)

^d Nueva Clínica Chacabuco   (Argentina)

^e Sanatorio Tandil   (Argentina)

^f AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^g FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^h DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

ⁱ Brazilian Clinical Research Institute   (Brazil)

^j MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^k ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^l Mental Health Center Glostrup   (Denmark)

^m Círculo Médico de Tandil   (Argentina)

ⁿ Neuroimaging Studies   (Argentina)

more..

Author keywords

Developing countries; Epidemiology; Hispanic; Incidence; Mortality; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CORONARY CARE UNIT; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SCREENING; STROKE PATIENT; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SUBURBAN AREA; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HISPANIC; INCIDENCE; MORTALITY; STROKE;

ARGENTINA; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; RESEARCH DESIGN; STROKE;

EID: 84884294624     PISSN: 17474930     EISSN: 17474949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ijs.12171     Document Type: Article

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