Epidemiology and disease burden of ischemic stroke in Taiwan

International Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 123, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 724-731

  Chen, Chung Yu ^a   Huang, Yaw Bin ^a,b   Tzu Chi Lee, Charles ^a  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Disease burden; Epidemiology; Ischemic stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CHILD; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE; NEWBORN; PREMATURE MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO; TAIWAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST OF ILLNESS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; SEX FACTORS; STROKE; TAIWAN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884386308     PISSN: 00207454     EISSN: 15635279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00207454.2013.796552     Document Type: Article

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