Risk factors for stroke: Overview

Journal of Cardiovascular Risk

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 199-202

  Wannamethee, S Goya ^a,b  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Risk factors; Stroke

Indexed keywords

CIGARETTE SMOKING; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STROKE;

EID: 0032845252     PISSN: 13506277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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