The prevalence of stroke and associated disability

Journal of Public Health Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 166-171

  O'Mahony, Paul G ^a   Thomson, Richard G ^a   Dobson, Ruth ^a   Rodgers, Helen ^a   James, Oliver F W ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Disability; Health needs assessment; Prevalence; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DISABILITY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STROKE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0033002936     PISSN: 09574832     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/21.2.166     Document Type: Article

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