Perspectives of stroke in persons living in Seoul, South Korea: A survey of 1000 subjects

Stroke

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1165-1169

  Kim, Jong S ^a,b   Yoon, Sung S ^a  

^a University of Ulsan   (South Korea)

^b Asan Medical Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cerebrovascular disorders; Health education; Medicine, herbal; Risk factors; South Korea

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERTENSION; INTERVIEW; MALE; OBESITY; PARESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SOUTH KOREA; STRESS; STROKE; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TREMOR;

EID: 0030925953     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.28.6.1165     Document Type: Article

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