Stroke prevention: Missed opportunities?

International Journal of Clinical Practice

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 338-341

  Gupta, A ^a   Thomas, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK MANAGEMENT; STROKE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COHORT STUDIES; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0036318857     PISSN: 13685031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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