Global variation in stroke burden and mortality: estimates from monitoring, surveillance, and modelling.

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Recent improvements in the monitoring and modelling of stroke have led to more reliable estimates of stroke mortality and burden worldwide. However, little is known about the global distribution of stroke and its relations to the prevalence of cardiovascular disease risk factors and sociodemographic and economic characteristics.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Lancet Neurol

Title: The Lancet. Neurology

Publisher: Elsevier BV

ISSN: 1474-4422

ISSN (Print): 1474-4422

Publication date (Electronic): Apr 2009

Volume: 8

Issue: 4

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[1 ] Department of Neurology, Box 0114, University of California, San Francisco, 505 Parnassus Avenue, M-798, San Francisco, CA 94143-0114, USA. clay.johnston@ucsfmedctr.org

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Publisher Item ID: S1474-4422(09)70023-7

DOI: 10.1016/S1474-4422(09)70023-7

PubMed ID: 19233730

SO-VID: ea01c5a9-0b2b-4aeb-9687-c9fcb8094338

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