Stroke incidence, prevalence and mortality in women worldwide

International Journal of Stroke

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 287-301

  Arnao, Valentina ^a   Acciarresi, Monica ^b   Cittadini, Elisabetta ^c   Caso, Valeria ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^c ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Females; Incidence; Mortality; Prevalence; Stroke

Indexed keywords

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ASIA; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHINA; DISEASE REGISTRY; EASTERN EUROPE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INDIAN; INDUSTRIALIZATION; ISRAEL; JAPAN; MORTALITY; NEW ZEALAND; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; SOUTH ASIA; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; AGE; ETHNIC GROUP; MALE; STROKE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

AGE FACTORS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; STROKE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84961214637     PISSN: 17474930     EISSN: 17474949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1747493016632245     Document Type: Review

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