An estimate of the incidence and prevalence of stroke in Africa: A systematic review and meta-analysis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Adeloye, Davies ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGING; BENIN; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EGYPT; ETHIOPIA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA; META ANALYSIS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MOZAMBIQUE; NIGERIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SOUTH AFRICA; SURVIVOR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TANZANIA; TUNISIA; ZIMBABWE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STROKE;

AFRICA; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PREVALENCE; STROKE;

EID: 84903517583     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0100724     Document Type: Review

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