The global and regional burden of stroke

The Lancet Global Health

Volumn 1, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Hankey, Graeme J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD PRESSURE VARIABILITY; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MORTALITY; NOTE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; GLOBAL DISEASE BURDEN; HYPERTENSION; LETTER; LOW INCOME COUNTRY; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY; OBESITY; SMOKING; WAIST HIP RATIO; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; COST OF ILLNESS; HEALTH; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STROKE;

BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; COST OF ILLNESS; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; STROKE;

EID: 84888082091     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2214109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(13)70095-0     Document Type: Letter

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