Ten-year trends in stroke incidence and mortality in the FINMONICA stroke study

Stroke

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 825-832

  Tuomilehto, Jaakko ^a   Rastenyte, Daiva ^a   Sivenius, Juhani ^b   Sarti, Cinzia ^a   Immonen Räihä, Pirjo ^c   Kaarsalo, Esko ^d   Kuulasmaa, Kari ^a   Narva, Erkki V ^c   Salomaa, Veikko ^a   Salmi, Kalervo ^e   Torppa, Jorma ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c TURKU CITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d District Hospital of Loimaa   (Finland)

^e NORTH KARELIA CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

epidemiology; Finland; incidence; mortality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FINLAND; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POPULATION RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STROKE;

EID: 9244246783     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.27.5.825     Document Type: Article

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