Prevalence of stroke in the parsi community of bombay

Stroke

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1988, Pages 60-62

  Bharucha, Nadir E ^a,b   Bharucha, Eddie P ^a,b   Bharucha, Adil E ^a   Bhise, Anasuya V ^a   Schoenberg, Bruce S ^c  

^a BOMBAY HOSPITAL   (India)

^b KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ETHNIC OR RACIAL ASPECTS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; STROKE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0023835678     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.19.1.60     Document Type: Article

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