Stroke in rural South Africa - Contributing to the little known about a big problem

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 63-65

  Kahn, Kathleen ^a   Tollman, Stephen M ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; RURAL AREA; SEX RATIO; SOUTH AFRICA; STROKE;

ADULT; AGED; AUTOPSY; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL HEALTH; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0033066474     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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