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An Epidemiological Study of Stroke Hospitalizations in Maputo, Mozambique

Author(s) -

Albertino Damasceno,

Joana Gomes,

Ana Azevedo,

Carla Carrilho,

Vitória Lobo,

Hélder Lopes,

Tavares Madede,

Pius Pravinrai,

Carla SilvaMatos,

Sulemane Jalla,

Simon Stewart,

Nuno Lunet

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

stroke

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.397

H-Index - 319

eISSN - 1524-4628

pISSN - 0039-2499

DOI - 10.1161/strokeaha.110.594275

Subject(s) - medicine , stroke (engine) , case fatality rate , epidemiology , incidence (geometry) , intracerebral hemorrhage , population , pediatrics , emergency medicine , surgery , subarachnoid hemorrhage , environmental health , engineering , mechanical engineering , physics , optics

Already a major cause of death and disability in high-income countries, the burden of stroke in sub-Saharan Africa is also expected to be high. However, specific stroke data are scarce from resource-poor countries. We studied the incidence, characteristics, and short-term consequences of hospitalizations for stroke in Maputo, Mozambique.

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