title: Advances in ischemic stroke epidemiology.
authors.affiliation: World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Truelsen
authors.forename: Ruth
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bonita
mesh_terms: D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D012307:Risk Factors; D020521:Stroke / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality / Q000517:prevention & control; D009626:Terminology as Topic; D014944:World Health Organization