Global and regional effects of potentially modifiable risk factors associated with acute stroke in 32 countries (INTERSTROKE): a case-control study

Abstract

Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada, Canadian Stroke Network, Health Research Board Ireland, Swedish Research Council, Swedish Heart and Lung Foundation, The Health & Medical Care Committee of the Regional Executive Board, Region Västra Götaland (Sweden), AstraZeneca, Boehringer Ingelheim (Canada), Pfizer (Canada), MSD, Chest, Heart and Stroke Scotland, and The Stroke Association, with support from The UK Stroke Research Network.

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Stroke (engine)MedicineAcute strokeEnvironmental healthInternal medicineTissue plasminogen activatorEngineering

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Year: 2016
Type: article
Volume: 388
Issue: 10046
Pages: 761-775
Citations: 2076
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                                    Martin O’Donnell, 
                                
                                    Siu Lim Chin, 
                                
                                    Sumathy Rangarajan
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2016). 
                            Global and regional effects of potentially modifiable risk factors associated with acute stroke in 32 countries (INTERSTROKE): a case-control study. 
                            The Lancet
                            , 388
                            (10046)
                            , 761-775.
                            https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(16)30506-2
                        

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DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(16)30506-2