Article
Modeling the future burden of stroke in The Netherlands: impact of aging, smoking, and hypertension.
Department for Prevention and Health Services Research, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, PO Box 1, 3720 BA Bilthoven, The Netherlands.
Stroke (impact factor:
5.73).
09/2005;
36(8):1648-55.
DOI:10.1161/01.STR.0000173221.37568.d2
pp.1648-55
Source: PubMed
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Keywords
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combined demographic projections
demographic changes
Dutch population
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incidence rates
incident cases
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major risk factors
mortality numbers
multistate life table
new patients
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related healthcare costs
stroke incidence
stroke morbidity
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