TY - JOUR
T1 - Weekly pattern of stroke onset in an Asian country
T2 - A nationwide population-based study
AU - Lin, Herng Ching
AU - Lin, Shiyng-Yu
AU - Lee, Hsin Chien
AU - Hu, Chaur Jong
AU - Choy, Cheuk-Sing
PY - 2008/9
Y1 - 2008/9
N2 - This study used a nationwide population-based dataset to explore the variation among the days of week of stroke onset within population subgroups defined by age, sex, and stroke type. We used ambulatory care data from the 2002 Taiwan National Health Insurance Research Database, focusing on 42,779 emergency room (ER) visits for stroke that year. All analyses were stratified by sex, age (
AB - This study used a nationwide population-based dataset to explore the variation among the days of week of stroke onset within population subgroups defined by age, sex, and stroke type. We used ambulatory care data from the 2002 Taiwan National Health Insurance Research Database, focusing on 42,779 emergency room (ER) visits for stroke that year. All analyses were stratified by sex, age (
KW - Emergency medical services
KW - Stroke
KW - Stroke care
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U2 - 10.1080/07420520802397194
DO - 10.1080/07420520802397194
M3 - Article
C2 - 18780204
AN - SCOPUS:51549087823
SN - 0742-0528
VL - 25
SP - 788
EP - 799
JO - Chronobiology International
JF - Chronobiology International
IS - 5
ER -