Preventable neurological diseases worldwide

Neuroepidemiology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 67-73

  Bergen, Donna C ^a,b  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

International neurology; Neurological dysfunction, prevention; Poverty; Social instability

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL ABUSE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DEMENTIA; EPILEPSY; FALLING; HUMAN; MALARIA; MEASLES; MENINGITIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PROTEIN CALORIE MALNUTRITION; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; TETANUS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TUBERCULOSIS; VIOLENCE; WAR;

DISABLED PERSONS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; POVERTY; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CONDITIONS;

EID: 0031915007     PISSN: 02515350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000026155     Document Type: Review

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