Global stroke statistics

International Journal of Stroke

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 13-32

  Thrift, Amanda G ^a   Thayabaranathan, Tharshanah ^a   Howard, George ^b   Howard, Virginia J ^b   Rothwell, Peter M ^c   Feigin, Valery L ^d   Norrving, Bo ^e   Donnan, Geoffrey A ^f,g   Cadilhac, Dominique A ^a,f  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^e LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^f FLOREY INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

burden; case fatality; epidemiology; global; Incidence; mortality; stroke; worldwide

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AUSTRALIA; BULGARIA; CASE FATALITY RATE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GREECE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KAZAKHSTAN; MORTALITY; NEW ZEALAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEX RATIO; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; REGISTER; STROKE;

HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERNATIONALITY; MORTALITY; REGISTRIES; STROKE;

EID: 85007238084     PISSN: 17474930     EISSN: 17474949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1747493016676285     Document Type: Review

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