The King's College Hospital Acute Stroke Unit

Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 13-17

  Bath, Philip ^a   Butterworth, Richard J ^a   Soo, John ^a   Kerr, Jean E ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACUTE DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITAL UNITS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PATIENT ADMISSION; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0029689728     PISSN: 00358819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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