Prospective Community-Based Study of Stroke in Northern Portugal
- 1 September 2004
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Stroke
- Vol. 35 (9) , 2048-2053
- https://doi.org/10.1161/01.str.0000137606.34301.13
Abstract
Background and Purpose— Mortality statistics indicate that Portugal has the highest stroke mortality in Western Europe. Data on stroke incidence in Northern Portugal, the region with the highest mo...Keywords
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