Modifiable etiological factors and the burden of stroke from the Rotterdam study: a population-based cohort study.

BACKGROUND: Stroke prevention requires effective treatment of its causes. Many etiological factors for stroke have been identified, but the potential gain of effective intervention on these factors in terms of numbers of actually prevented strokes remains unclear because of the lack of data from coh...

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Main Authors: Michiel J Bos, Peter J Koudstaal, Albert Hofman, M Arfan Ikram
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-04-01
Series:PLoS Medicine
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4004543?pdf=render