Stroke in Latin America: Burden of Disease and Opportunities for Prevention

Global Heart

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 323-331

  Avezum, Álvaro ^a   Costa Filho, Francisco F ^a   Pieri, Alexandre ^a   Martins, Sheila O ^b   Marin Neto, José A ^c  

^a INSTITUTO DANTE PAZZANESE DE CARDIOLOGIA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DISABILITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; LETHALITY; NEUROPROTECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; COST OF ILLNESS; DISABLED PERSON; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PROMOTION; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SEX RATIO; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STROKE; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST OF ILLNESS; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LATIN AMERICA; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STROKE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84923899723     PISSN: 22118160     EISSN: 22118179     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gheart.2014.01.006     Document Type: Review

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