Journal of Stroke & Cerebrovascular Diseases
Volume 18, Issue 1 , Pages 11-16 , January 2009

Stroke in Spain: Epidemiologic Incidence and Patterns; A Health Sentinel Network Study

  • Tomás Vega, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Observatorio de Salud Pública, Consejería de Sanidad, Junta de Castilla y León, Valladolid, Spain
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Tomás Vega, MD, PhD, Observatorio de Salud Pública, Consejería de Sanidad, Paseo de Zorrilla, 1, 47007 Valladolid, Spain.
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  • Oscar Zurriaga, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Área de Epidemiología, Consellería de Sanitat, Generalitat Valenciana, Valencia, Spain
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  • Julián Mauro Ramos, MD

      Affiliations

    • Servicio de Epidemiología, Consejería de Sanidad y Consumo, Junta de Extremadura, Merida, Spain
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  • Milagros Gil, BS

      Affiliations

    • Observatorio de Salud Pública, Consejería de Sanidad, Junta de Castilla y León, Valladolid, Spain
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  • Rufino Álamo, MS

      Affiliations

    • Observatorio de Salud Pública, Consejería de Sanidad, Junta de Castilla y León, Valladolid, Spain
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  • José Eugenio Lozano, MS

      Affiliations

    • Observatorio de Salud Pública, Consejería de Sanidad, Junta de Castilla y León, Valladolid, Spain
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  • Aurora López, MD

      Affiliations

    • Área de Epidemiología, Consellería de Sanitat, Generalitat Valenciana, Valencia, Spain
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  • Maria Teresa Miralles, BS

      Affiliations

    • Área de Epidemiología, Consellería de Sanitat, Generalitat Valenciana, Valencia, Spain
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  • Pilar Vaca, MD

      Affiliations

    • Servicio de Epidemiología, Consejería de Sanidad y Consumo, Junta de Extremadura, Merida, Spain
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  • Maria del Mar Alvarez, MD

      Affiliations

    • Servicio de Epidemiología, Consejería de Sanidad y Consumo, Junta de Extremadura, Merida, Spain
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  • on behalf of the group of research for the RECENT project

Received 11 April 2008 ,Revised 19 May 2008 ,Accepted 9 June 2008.

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 This study has been partly financed by a grant for research projects from the Ministry of Health and Consumption's programme for the promotion of biomedical research and research into health sciences, documents 03/0598, 03/0864, and 03/1592, which correspond to the coordinated project entitled “Applications of a homogeneous epidemiological, clinical and public health research model in primary care with sentinel networks” (RECENT project).

PII: S1052-3057(08)00151-1

doi: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2008.06.010

Journal of Stroke & Cerebrovascular Diseases
Volume 18, Issue 1 , Pages 11-16 , January 2009

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