Door-to-door survey of cardiovascular health, stroke, and ischemic heart disease in rural coastal Ecuador - the Atahualpa Project: Methodology and operational definitions

International Journal of Stroke

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 367-371

  Del Brutto, Oscar H ^a,b   Peñaherrera, Ernesto ^a,c   Ochoa, Elio ^b,d   Santamaría, Milton ^e   Zambrano, Mauricio ^b   Del Brutto, Victor J ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD ESPÍRITU SANTO   (Ecuador)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNICA KENNEDY   (Ecuador)

^c HOSPITAL LUIS VERNAZA   (Ecuador)

^d Hospital Regional Teodoro Maldonado Carbo   (Ecuador)

^e Health Center   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Countries; Developing countries; Epidemiology; Hispanic; Socioeconomic factors; Stroke prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGIST; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; ECUADOR; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; NEUROLOGIST; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HISPANIC; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STROKE PREVALENCE;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; ECUADOR; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; STROKE;

EID: 84896310920     PISSN: 17474930     EISSN: 17474949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ijs.12030     Document Type: Article

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