Specialist nurse support for patients with stroke in the community: A randomised controlled trial

British Medical Journal

Volumn 312, Issue 7047, 1996, Pages 1642-1646

  Forster, Anne ^a   Young, John ^a  

^a ST LUKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTEGRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NURSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STRESS; STROKE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0029907354     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.312.7047.1642     Document Type: Article

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