Are Changes in Mortality From Stroke Caused by Changes in Stroke Event Rates or Case Fatality?
- 1 August 2003
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Stroke
- Vol. 34 (8) , 1833-1840
- https://doi.org/10.1161/01.str.0000081224.15480.52
Abstract
Background and Purpose— Mortality from stroke has been declining over recent decades in most countries, except in Eastern Europe. In this analysis, based on the World Health Organization Monitoring...Keywords
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