Stroke incidence rates among black residents of Harare - A prospective community-based study

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 606-609

  Matenga, Jonathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHILD; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEGRO; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; STROKE; ZIMBABWE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 0030871960     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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