@article{3048711,
    title = "Incidence and risk factors of ischaemic and haemorrhagic stroke in
Europe - EUROSTROKE: A collaborative study among research centres in
Europe: Rationale and design",
    author = "Grobbee, DE and Koudstaal, PJ and Bots, ML and Amaducci, LA and Elwood, and PC and Ferro, J and deConcalves, AF and Kruger, O and Inzitari, D and and Nikitin, Y and Salonen, JT and Sivenius, J and Scheuermann, W and and Thelle, DS and Trichopoulou, A and Tuomilehto, JT",
    journal = "Neuroepidemiology",
    year = "1996",
    volume = "15",
    number = "6",
    pages = "291-300",
    publisher = "Karger",
    issn = "0251-5350, 1423-0208",
    doi = "10.1159/000109919",
    keywords = "incidence; ischaemic stroke; EUROSTROKE; risk factors; mortality;
haemorrhagic stroke",
    abstract = "EUROSTROKE is a collaborative study among ten European research centres
to investigate (1) the variation in incidence of fatal and non-fatal
ischaemic and haemorrhagic stroke among populations in different
European countries; (2) whether the observed differences in stroke
incidence across countries can be explained by differences in prevalence
of established cardiovascular risk factors; (3) the relative importance
of selected dietary factors (potassium intake, smoking, alcohol
consumption), haemostatic disturbances (fibrinogen) and co-morbidity
(rheumatic heart disease, atrial fibrillation) compared to established
risk factors as determinants of the occurrence of ischaemic and
haemorrhagic stroke. The EUROSTROKE database is drawn from ten European
population-based prospective follow-up studies (cohorts) and is designed
as a case-control study nested within these ten ongoing studies."
}