Brain Attack: The Multifaceted Potential for Action

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 306-310

  Lateef, F ^a   Anantharaman, V ^a  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Acute stroke; Cerebral infarction; Multi pronged approach; Stroke chain

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SINGAPORE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SINGAPORE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0032107820     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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