Burden of stroke in Puerto Rico

International Journal of Stroke

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 117-119

  Zevallos, Juan ^a   Santiago, Fernando ^b   González, Juan ^b   Rodríguez, Abiezer ^b   Pericchi, Luis ^b   Rodríguez Mercado, Rafael ^b   Nobo, Ulises ^c  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^c Hospital HIMA San Pablo   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Countries; Epidemiology; Stroke; Stroke prevalence; Stroke subtypes; TPA

Indexed keywords

LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIED PERSON; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERTO RICO; SEX RATIO; SMOKING; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; COST OF ILLNESS; MIDDLE AGED; STROKE; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUERTO RICO; STROKE;

EID: 84915751972     PISSN: 17474930     EISSN: 17474949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ijs.12350     Document Type: Article

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